Health Equity (82)

Dr. Laura Purdy, a physician licensed in all 50 states and a telemedicine and digital health expert, talks helping medical professionals launch their digital healthcare businesses with the aim of making healthcare more accessible to all.

Azalea is growing its API Marketplace to give rural providers easy access to the solutions they need, says Nathan Shepard, the company's vice president of product.

Alan Lavergne, vice president of advocacy for the Dallas-Fort Worth HIMSS chapter, discusses his work with other Texas chapters to help advance health equity and other HIMSS goals with the legislature.

Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service, discusses the interoperability challenges and health disparities faced by Native Americans, as well as the importance of modernizing EHRs for providers in tribal communities.

Stacey Caywood, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health, talks about how her company's charitable partnerships increase health equity for resource-limited populations by donating the latest clinical evidence to providers.

Kuldeep Singh Rajput, founder and CEO of Biofourmis, describes how delivery of care in the home will improve access and building personalized models unique to patients will boost health equity.

As part of the HIMSS community, the National Indian Health Board hopes to expand beyond its normal networks to be more innovative in dealing with tribal health, says A.C. Locklear, the board's federal relations director.

Lawrence Voyten, HIMSS board member and national advocacy chair, talks about encouraging state and regional HIMSS chapters to advocate for healthcare information policies in their area.

Olyvia Phillips, manager of equity initiatives for global healthcare technology incubator MATTER, talks about how MATTER embeds health equity and DEI into its initiatives and encourages its partner companies to do the same.

Dr. Jay Bhatt, managing director at Deloitte, talks about the Deloitte Health Equity Institute's report on the cost of health inequities and how companies should factor health equity into each business decision they make.

Jessica Hauflaire, COO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance (DTA), talks about highlighting the value of digital therapeutics and how the DTA challenges technology vendors to address health equity throughout their product lifecycles.

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.