Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board & Lead Independent Director, Fortrea Holdings
Search every verified Peter Neupert interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Peter Neupert, speaking at PMWC 2011, described his role leading the Health Solutions team at Microsoft, where he said the company was working to build software infrastructure for a "learning health care system." He stated that this system would connect patients, providers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and payers to enable new care delivery models. Neupert discussed a prototype developed with the National Cancer Institute that used a data format called PODS (Patient Outcomes Data Service) to unlock data from community cancer care centers for research. Neupert noted that Microsoft launched a patient-controlled health data repository called Health Vault in 2007, which he described as a unique approach at the time that is now law. He said pilots with Cleveland Clinic and Kaiser demonstrated that engaging patients to provide biometric data through Health Vault could improve health outcomes with fewer office visits. Neupert argued that reimbursement systems needed adjustment to encourage such patient engagement, as fewer visits currently reduce physician income, and expressed hope that Accountable Care Organization concepts would address this misalignment. He concluded by stating his goal was to champion the role of patients in their own care, saying they are prepared to play that role despite industry skepticism.
“At Microsoft we're trying to build the software infrastructure to enable the learning Health Care System, connecting patients, providers, hospitals, Pharma, and payers to create new care delivery models that don't exist yet.”
“We launched a patient-controlled Health Data repository called Health Vault in 2007, designed to unlock digital health data and make it accessible to patients, which was a unique approach at the time and is now law.”
“Our product Amalga solves the problem of transactional health systems having lots of data that is not collected or made available for cohort analysis, secondary use, or business intelligence, enabling better understanding of what works in healthcare.”
“With the National Cancer Institute, we created a data format called PODS (Patient Outcomes Data Service) with 256 data elements to unlock data from community cancer care centers and enable reuse by the research community.”
“Patients get very activated in the cancer disease space, and organizations like Susan G. Komen and LIVESTRONG have the capability to educate and empower patients to ask their doctors for copies of their data, enabling consent and data sharing.”
“We demonstrated in pilots with Cleveland Clinic and Kaiser that engaging patients to get biometric information directly into Health Vault and their EMR can improve intermediate health outcomes with fewer office visits.”
“Reimbursement systems need to be adjusted to encourage patient engagement and remote monitoring because fewer office visits, while better care, currently mean lower income for physicians.”
“Accountable Care Organization concepts will hopefully address the misalignment of incentives where better care through fewer visits reduces physician income.”
“Our goal is to recognize and champion that patients have a pivotal role to play in their care and that they are prepared to play it, contrary to what many in the industry think.”
The Role of the Consumer in Building a Learning Healthcare System.
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