Idaho Health Tech Leaders Map Out Future of Population Health

BOISE, Idaho – June 26, 2025 – Vynyl CTO Erick Herring spoke at a panel discussion on “The Health Tech Landscape for Idaho” about how to innovate health care delivery to address barriers to care in the state. Herring spoke alongside leaders across Idaho's healthcare ecosystem during a panel moderated by Dr. Jenni Gudapati, Director of the Value-Based Healthcare Program at Boise State University. Fellow panelists included Juliet Charron, Deputy Director at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare; Matt Becker, Vice President of Interoperability at Kno2; and Mike Kennedy, President & CEO of Intermax, to discuss how technology can address the state's healthcare access challenges.

“You can’t manage what you can’t measure. You can’t transform healthcare without accurate data,” Herring said, describing one of the core beliefs that led Vynyl to the creation of Profile by Vynyl Health, a project Herring will lead to create a universal health risk profile that is sharable with providers, payers, and health departments.

“You can’t manage what you can’t measure. You can’t transform healthcare without accurate data,” Herring said, describing one of the core beliefs that led Vynyl to the creation of Profile by Vynyl Health, a project Herring will lead to create a universal health risk profile that is sharable with providers, payers, and health departments.

Herring went on to describe Idaho as one of the most attractive places in the country to innovate and test new ways to use technology in health care. The state’s demographics present an opportunity, as Idaho’s more rural location “forces Idahoans to have to explore telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and new ways of thinking about how to pay for care,” he said. The ability to get in front of decision-makers in the state combined with the collaborative nature of Idaho’s community also make it “one of the few places that can get it right and serve as a model.”

After a question was asked from the audience about the considerable drop in trust patients have in the healthcare system, Herring described his model for trust and how technology can play a role. “Trust is a three-legged stool: interaction, flexibility, and disclosure. If any of those things are missing, patients will lose trust.” A central tenet of the Vynyl Health platform is that technology can act as a healthcare concierge when the right data is collected and shared to enable truly proactive, personalized care.

Panelists also emphasized Idaho’s supportive regulatory environment and openness to collaboration, with several noting how the state is willing to accept innovative solutions that other states might be more reluctant to try. “Idaho presents a really unique problem,” said Matt Becker, an VP of Interoperability with Kno2. “We can have great solutions here that we can spread throughout Idaho and the rest of the United States.”

To watch the full talk, check out the video above.

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