higi, the Largest Repository of Biometric Information in the United States, is Making it Easier for People to be their Healthiest at HIMSS18

higi to showcase consumer-centric solutions connecting consumers and their data to trusted care providersCHICAGO – February 20, 2018 – higi, a population health enablement company that empowers consumers to measure, track and act on their health data, today announced it will be bringing its latest innovative health solutions, focused on improving patient care by connecting consumers and their data to their trusted providers, to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference in Las Vegas from March 5 - 9.As the largest collector and repository of standardized biometric data, higi’s new solutions equip healthcare organizations and pharmacy retailers to better reach consumers, integrate their data, and motivate them to take specific actions at a point of care. While providing consumers access to the largest network of FDA-cleared self-screening stations, located in 11,000 pharmacy retailer and other community locations nationwide, higi’s solutions enables payers, providers and pharmacies to activate their consumers in their health and share their data, leverage biometric data collection for stratification, risk monitoring and targeting, and use retail locations to close care gaps and improve chronic condition management by connecting consumers to  convenient point of care resources.“As retailers look to engage consumers at their point of care, higi provides the connective tissue to engage and motivate consumers in their health,” said Jeff Bennett, CEO of higi. “Delivering nearly one million screenings a week, our unique data-driven enablement of population health is helping retailers and healthcare providers better reach, know and manage target populations, and continues to support retailers to be the front door of healthcare.”From March 5 - 9, 2018, higi encourages those attending the HIMSS Conference to visit booth #12440 to see how easy it is for consumers to register and incorporate higi into their everyday life, and the benefits for healthcare organizations to integrate higi’s data-driven approach into their population health workflows.For more information about higi, please visit www.higi.com or follow along on Twitter @higi.ABOUT HIGI:higi is a population health enablement company that empowers consumers to measure, track and act on their health data through a nationwide network of over 11,000 FDA-cleared self-screening stations found at pharmacy retailers and other community locations.  As the largest repository of standardized biometric data, higi enables healthcare organizations to better reach targeted populations, collect biometric and other health determinant data to stratify and prioritize consumers, and motivate consumers to take specific actions at a point of care. To date, more than 45 million people have used a higi health station to conduct over 259 million biometric screenings. For more information, visit us at www.higi.com.CONTACT: Anna Stallmann, higi@nahigianstrategies.com, 202-660-2567