Decode. Define. Deliver. ™
A Mission for ethical and collaborative Strategy & Enablement.
Decode. Define. Deliver. ™
A Mission for ethical and collaborative Strategy & Enablement.
Aegis Cipher
Above all, Hammurabi Codex
Successful innovation demands alignment across people, process, purpose.
Trust, integrity, and measurable outcomes must be embedded at every stage of the journey. Technology alone is not enough; what matters is how it is designed, deployed, and governed.
At the heart of healthcare’s current tension is a fundamental misalignment: between the Hippocratic oath and a system increasingly treated as a profit center. To move forward, we must revisit why insurance exists at all—and re-center it around its original purpose.
The origins of insurance trace back to the Hammurabi Codex, a framework of justice built “to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak” and to equitably manage risk. That same spirit guided the early architects of America’s group insurance model, including my great-uncle, Colonel Gilbert E. Humphrey, who formed Allstate and served as its first president. Long before “You’re in good hands,” his vision was rooted in stability, service, and savings. He later founded Hercules Insurance and was ultimately laid to rest at West Point, a testament to his leadership and legacy.
For me, working in healthcare and group benefits has always been about more than a career—it’s about ensuring care is rendered with dignity, equity, and purpose.
Now, with Aegis Cipher, I bring that legacy into the digital age: A new kind of shield for an increasingly complex era— A commitment to safeguard data, protect people, and enable responsible innovation.
Define. Decode. Deliver.Your secure hands in an uncertain world.
Defined and Aligned AI to patient and provider workflow
Decode - often the due diligence gets you a better go/no go than a POC
Transformation in the care continuum needs primary focus on design and delivery. Emerging technology roadmaps support the workflows and should not dictate to them. A growing concern and fail point for considering emerging technology in the fulfillment plan is being too tech heavy. Proof of concept have become techn heavy and a financial checkbox step that is distraction from the design and delivery. In these cases clinical smoke check and design modeling is reserved for the prototype phase. Defining the operational and organizational options is a bigger lever.
Define - Beyond the Buzz: Making AI Transparent, Trustworthy, and Tangible in Healthcare
As AI becomes ubiquitous in digital health, many still struggle to explain what it is, and isn’t. Emerging technologies are a vehicle and not a strategy. A theoretical and core working understanding of technologies being considered must occur ahead of due diligence and selection approach. This is even more critical for emerging technologies like AI, API, data modes and delegated workflows. AI is genericized inthe majority of social media and articles but there are at least seven types. AI is most successful as a solution for task level focus and not replacing reasoning. In many cases, digital rules or predictive analytics are touted as AI but do not meet the criteria for any of the 7+ types AI. This risk, in and of iself, is a reason to have a steward and not lead with solutioning or vendors pushing options that might be a conflict of interest. We know the importance of demystifying AI for clinical, policy, and consumer stakeholders to ensure sustainable adoption. The right framework serves all parties, neutrally, an eliminates swirl.
Deliver: emerging technology is a commitment, phase the transformation and you will address mission
Working Backwards Process – the effectiveness of this step for emerging technology, bankable plans and when operational transitions are occurring. Technology as an Enabler: emerging technology needs more upfront consideration to be successful. Missteps usually occur when transformation and strategic roadmaps are developed but no validation technology choices fit, can adapt and meet future needs. However, enablement validation, planning and steering allow rapid experimentation and optimal scale.
Case Studies & Use Cases
Cyber risk
Innovation & Opportunities
Innovation & Opportunities
20 years of experience in due diligence for partnerships, internal solutions, third party vendors, legal, infosec and a co-lead on remediation a top 3 cyber event in healthcare.
Innovation & Opportunities
Innovation & Opportunities
Innovation & Opportunities
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Vetting
Innovation & Opportunities
Transformation
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Transformation
Leave no patient behind
Transformation
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Leave no patient behind
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Case study - Adding dimensions while simplifying population health for greater benefit, trust, quality
Emerging tech roadmaps
Leave no patient behind
Leave no patient behind
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