Dr. Summerpal Kahlon serves as an advocate for the advancement of an integrated healthcare analytic platform, engaging stakeholders across the healthcare continuum to promote adoption of advanced healthcare delivery models. With Change Healthcare’s vital role in enabling key elements of value-based care, quality and risk adjustment, Summerpal works with the entire Change Healthcare team to identify ongoing opportunities to change the status quo in healthcare. Summerpal is also a practicing physician, infectious disease specialist, for the Veterans Administration. He has developed an expertise in healthcare information systems through work as a Chief Information Officer at Steward Healthcare, and works with numerous other organizations.
As we work to engage underserved communities in proactive, value-based medical treatment, we need to find ways to provide more granular data that accurately and precisely reflects the communities we serve. There is no more pressing issue than the advancement of care equity in a country so rife with disparities.