CVS Health wants to position itself as the primary data host for the Trump administration’s push on healthcare interoperability, CEO David Joyner told Politico in a July 16 interview.
Mr. Joyner, who oversees a company spanning pharmacies, primary care clinics and health insurer Aetna, said fragmented data systems keep patients from making informed care decisions. He argued that opening up data access, paired with artificial intelligence, would let CVS serve as a connective layer between hospitals, pharmacies and health plans.
The company’s Health100 app is central to that strategy. Mr. Joyner described it as a personal health assistant that uses AI to suggest alternatives to emergency room visits and coach patients through care decisions.
Mr. Joyner’s remarks come as the Trump administration has stepped up scrutiny of health information blocking and pushed health IT developers, insurers and other industry actors toward more open data-sharing practices.
Affordability is also driving the strategy. CVS Health needs to be “part of the solution as opposed to the problem,” Mr. Joyner told Politico, pointing to hospitalization utilization and drug manufacturer pricing as the largest drivers of healthcare costs ahead of the midterms.
CVS Health’s bet is that technology-driven data access, rather than pricing concessions alone, will set it apart as federal regulators tighten interoperability and information-blocking rules across the industry.
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