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Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia talks about exciting developments in AI and machine learning models that might lead to faster detection of breast and pancreatic cancer and improved outcomes for patients.
Micky Tripathi, national coordinator for health IT, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), talks about the need for data interoperability and transparency in ONC’s human services work.
As a starting point, plans can collect information on race and ethnicity from their members, says Leah Dewey, vice president of clinical and consumer engagement operations at Cotiviti.
From the first human implantation of a cardiac defibrillator to the invention of a more efficient surgical technique that reduces postoperative complications, Black Americans have made many valuable contributions to healthcare.
The HEI is to incentivize contracts for plans to perform better for socially at-risk beneficiaries, says Christie Teigland, vice president of research science and advanced analytics at Inovalon.
Lynn Carroll, COO of HSBlox, discusses the role of AI and machine learning to target the most vulnerable individuals and enterprise-level capabilities required for critical inputs into SDOH and other core processes.
Blanchard House Institute founder Jaha Cummings and Christopher Kunney, managing partner of IOTech Consulting and Blanchard House Institute advisor, talk about allaying locals’ skepticism about healthcare in light of the Tuskegee experiments.
Ann Maxwell, deputy inspector general for evaluations at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), recommends that CMS get data from Medicare users to better address their health disparities.
Daniel Stein, president of Stewards of Change Institute, discusses interoperability requirements between public health systems and outlines how centralizing person consent management for sharing healthcare and other data advances health equity.
Theo Ahadome, chief business officer of Wellthy Therapeutics, shares how the company improves health literacy globally while finding and addressing gaps in care and why it's moving into the U.S. market to aid underserved communities.
Jasmine Agnew, director for the Master of Science in Health Informatics Program at Morehouse School of Medicine, explains why – and discusses how the school's IT instruction also factors in cultural competencies needed to make use of SDOH data.
The data collected is not always accurate or reflective of populations in terms of demographics or racial information, says Allison Viola, Senior Advisor for Health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.