HIMSS21 Interviews: Castell Health's Andrew Sorenson on Analytics for PHM During a Pandemic

02/02/22 • 13 min

Recorded on location at HIMSS21 in Las Vegas. Listen in as Andrew Sorenson, Chief Analytics Officer at Castell Health, speaks with John Moore III about lessons learned during the pandemic and the driving philosophy behind his work with the population health services organization spun out of Intermountain Healthcare.

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ChilCast: Healthcare Tech Talks - HIMSS21 Interviews: Castell Health's Andrew Sorenson on Analytics for PHM During a Pandemic

Transcript

Andrew Sorenson: [00:00:00] Too many families are dealing with struggles related to the cost of health care. And so for me, my personal why is trying to find ways to pull low value care out of the system. And I think that that's the way that I can maximize the contribution that I'm making to society.

Speaker2: [00:00:18] Welcome back to a fireside chat with Jill Merck Research looking at health care I.T. with a lens to the future.

John Moor