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"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.

Brandon Bridwell, partner and chief transformation officer at Trilogy Federal, discusses how Trilogy helps veterans improve their healthcare delivery, as well as the importance of hands-on volunteering for companies.

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.

Judy Jiao, CIO of National Government Services, discusses those and other issues: using data to close gaps in care, precision medicine advancements and more.

What will the election results mean for next year and beyond? Tom Leary, Valerie Rogers and David Gray of the HIMSS Government Relations team offer their predictions.

If the entire health ecosystem is going to deal with future pandemics, EHR vendors must realize that they need their solutions to work not just for hospitals but also for governments, says Frank Hester, CEO and founder of TPP.

The South Korean government has been collaborating with hospitals like Samsung Medical Center to transform them into data-driven and research-centered institutions that deliver excellent care.

Tyler LaPlaunt, assistant director at Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions, discusses how low government funding and a lack of interoperability directly intersect with a scarcity of healthcare IT solutions in tribal communities.