Health Equity

Lee Kim, senior principal for cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, explains some of the sometimes surprising ways privacy and security intersect with health access, patient engagement and education.

Lee Kim, senior principal for cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, explains some of the sometimes surprising ways privacy and security intersect with health access, patient engagement and education.

Dr. Keisuke Nakagawa, director of innovation at UC Davis Health and co-chair of the HIMSS SDOH Committee, says artificial intelligence is changing the equation for how social and digital determinant information is integrated into care.

Valerie Rogers, senior director of government relations at HIMSS, explains how perinatal care benefits from state and federal policies that promote more equitable outcomes, as well as IT innovations that promote data modernization and exchange.

Mike Relli, principal at Knight Consulting and a New Jersey HIMSS chapter member, explains how states are using Section 1115 waivers to improve access and reduce SDOH disparities for citizens transitioning from incarceration back into the community.

Marjorie Rosen, HIMSS Chapter Advocacy vice chair, discusses the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Task Force, mentorship's role in supporting local communities, and its work to improve health equity at the state level and with legislatures.

Since 97% of American adults have a cell phone, keeping in contact is a good way to intervene in health issues and lower disparities, says Marci Bennafield, clinical instructor at Georgia State University's health informatics program.

Elise Kohl-Grant, co-chair of the programming committee at the HIMSS New York State Chapter, says the group is incorporating the patient perspective to see how individuals are engaging with their care.

Dr. Michael Poku, chief clinical officer at Equality Health, talks how providers can work on costs of health inequities, the benefits of investment in independent primary care physicians, and tech needed to successfully tackle inequity.

At a Global Health Equity Week panel on AI and health equity, Dr. Chris Gibbons, founder and CEO of The Greystone Group, points out that eliminating bias in AI algorithm and technology design will support health equity work.

Martin Mendoza, director of health equity for NIH's All of Us Research Program, describes the programs goals and objectives and how it is achieving its mission of health equity and inclusion in research.

Jaha Cummings, Blanchard House Institute founder, and Christopher Kunney, managing partner of IOTech Consulting and Blanchard House Institute advisor, discuss how Tuskegee University is educating new clinicians to serve the community.