Ed Barthell, MD, Director of Connected Health, Microsoft Health Solutions Group discusses the importance of Humana’s pilot project with WHIE to the healthcare industry as it implements electronic medial records systems. While the industry continues to debate whether or not the benefits of implementing EMR systems justify the cost, “this is the first time a health plan organization has attested with supporting data in peer reviewed literature that this type of business strategy makes sense.” He goes on to comment, “Hopefully, the results discussed in the publication will lead to additional studies contributing to the growing body of evidence around the positive benefits resulting from regional aggregation of data and effective use of health information exchange.” Read Dr. Barthell’s full article, Wisconsin Health Information Exchange Proves There’s Value in Digitizing and Sharing Patient Data in “Microsoft in Health.”