Harnessing the Power of Data to Gain Insights & Drive Personal Connections: Interview with Minal Patel, CEO/Founder, Abacus Insights

Minal Patel is the mission-driven CEO & Founder of Abacus Insights, a company that enables data by breaking down data silos to help health plans make sense of their data.

As a former physician, Minal says the driving reason behind great, connected data is ultimately about people and their health.

Minal knows first hand how the insights revealed through data analysis can be used to help patients get better outcomes.

The clean and accurate data from Abacus allows health plans to make information available to people, allowing those people to make better healthcare decisions.

Check out the interview with Minal to learn more about his intense passion for his work at Abacus.

Connect with Minal: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/minalkumar-patel-a657576/  

Learn more about Abacus Insights: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abacusinsights/ 

Topical time codes:

00:00 - Video begins

00:59 - Transitioning from Physician to CEO

2:24 - Working with health plans to help them enable their data

4:00 - How connected data helps patients 

5:19 - How Abacus helps w/ automation

7:00 - Examples of how Abacus’ data helped the end consumer

8:57 - Using data to help health plans identify those at high risk for covid & other health conditions 

13:37 - Intersection of innovation of tech and discipline of medicine

14:47 - Advantage of having a background as a physician & emphasis on the mission

18:28 - Personal passion behind the mission 

21:07 - Proudest accomplishment