Health Equity (145)

Deep Dive: Technology has a role to play as the best solution that connects data between providers and the community.

Identifying and training physician champions while planning ahead are key factors in a successful EMR "go live," says Dr. Tamara Sunbul, medical director of clinical informatics at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, KSA.

Azizi Seixas, with the Department of Population Health and the Center for Healthful Behavior Change at NYU School of Medicine, talks about closing the health access gap with risk assessment tools.

In an age of countless sensors and data streams, Dr. Rashmee Shah of the University of Utah Hospital stresses the collection and analysis of fewer, but more focused, patient data.

Margaret Law, president and CEO of HopeLab, describes the impact omnipresent connectivity has had on younger generations, as well as the tech-based tools that are helping negate it.

Dr. Tim Mercer, director of global health of Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, describes some of the major challenges in caring for homeless or other under-served individuals.

Daniel Stein, president of the Stewards of Change Institute, describes how his group is convening diverse industry stakeholders to tackle big challenges such as patient matching.

Nick Woods, co-founder of California-based Hazel Health, says virtual care delivered from the school nurse's office is reducing health-related absences, addressing social determinants and improving access.

Michael Wilkening, special advisor on innovation and digital services to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, discusses new analytics initiatives to improve population health and efforts to better address social determinants.

Pamela Garmon Johnson, VP of health equity and national partnerships at the American Heart Association, explains how the AHA is targeting social determinants of health, addressing gaps in care and improving the health of underserved populations.

Jamie Skipper and Damon Davis of Elevation Health Consulting say that this year's Health 2.0 attendees were particularly interested in providing patients with their health data.

Dr. Steve Lockhart, CMO at Sutter Health, discusses social determinants of health and says that unequal care is among the "most disappointing elements" of the US healthcare system.