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Episode 262- Beyond Clinical Data: Connecting Social Care Through Interoperability. Kemper Tell, LACIE
September 18, 2026
What does it take to connect clinical and social care—and make interoperability work beyond the walls of the healthcare system? In this episode, Kemper Tell, CEO of LACIE, shares her journey into healthcare technology and explores why social care belongs in the interoperability conversation. She discusses what LACIE has learned connecting providers, payers, community organizations, and patients; Missouri’s statewide deployment of the HL7 FHIR eLTSS Implementation Guide; and the lessons learned moving from a sandbox proof of concept to operationalizing real-world data.