Today we're going to talk about data and using data in a very creative way. The topic is informatics, especially health informatics.

We have a couple of terrific guests: Dr. Kimberly Khoury and Dr. Michelle Hamland, the principals of a consultancy called InvenTech. What's interesting is they are both doctors and nurses – from a nurse standpoint, they have the practice of nursing, but they are also PhDs in this field of informatics. It's just a fascinating combination.

Kim and Michelle both work for the largest health system in the state of Idaho. They've also recently started a consultancy to help other practices, clinics, and systems take a look at their data and their informatics to make better healthcare decisions.

Together, they define for us the basics of health informatics and what decisions data can inform.