Government & Policy (32)

Medicare Advantage evaluates how well providers manage each patient, as evidenced by the medical records, explains David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems.

Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of Illinois Department of Public Health, explains how the data IDPH has on hand can help the department better understand who might be at greatest risk of a variety of conditions.

Dr. Brian Lein, DHA assistant director of healthcare administration, Bill Tinston, FEHRM director, and Holly Joers, PEO DHMS program executive officer, discuss military healthcare initiatives including the common EHR and virtual-first care.

Dr. Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization (WHO), talks about leveraging the collective power of stakeholders and governments to develop digital solutions for advancing worldwide health equity.

Drew Ivan, Rhapsody's chief strategy officer, outlines some challenges healthcare organizations face in following governmental interoperability and security regulations and how they can make those mandates part of their strategic roadmap.

ONC senior advisor and innovation portfolio lead Stephen Konya, Moffitt Cancer Center VP of digital innovation Santosh Mohan and the Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack talk about the Cancer Moonshot initiative.

"Despite all the hardships and obstacles in place, we are hopeful," said Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. during an April 20 keynote session at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago.

Matthew Fisher, general counsel at Carium, previews his HIMSS23 panel on how the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization affected healthcare data and access as well as other rules and regulations.

At HIMSS23, Monique Mansoura, executive director of global health security & biotechnology at MITRE, will lead a discussion on using real-world data to respond to emerging health threats.

Scott McKeithen, Marleen Welsh and Charles Baschnagel with the Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) preview their HIMSS23 panel on biosurveillance to help public health officials in pandemics.

Danielle Krakora, Army veteran and cofounder and CEO of Ibility, discusses the need to address social determinants of health for veterans and the benefits companies gain by providing volunteer opportunities to their staff.

Barbara Rothbaum, executive director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, shares how the two-week program fuses technology and traditional therapy to treat post-911 vets at no cost.