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Video from HIMSS16: Tom Foley

Justin: Now, looking out over I guess the trends that you see out there, whether it's personally or through Lenovo Health, what are those trends that you're starting to see and working on?

Tom: Well, one of the trends that HIMSS themselves and the ONC and CMS are advocating is all around interoperability. So interoperability can't truly be successful unless you have a true patient identity that can be used across the continuum of care. So that's one area that I think is going to be a growing and focused trend over the next year. Certainly patient engagement is a known trend, and the phrase might actually be overused, but how do you truly embrace that patient, that consumer? Not necessarily in the short time that they're in front of you, but in order to achieve wellness, how do you engage them 8,760 hours in a given year? Right?