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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.
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.
DUOS uses feedback from platform users to leverage social determinants of health data and enhance care navigation for Medicare beneficiaries, said Karl Ulfers, cofounder and CEO.
Kathryn Jackson, VP of language operations at AMN Healthcare, relays how sign language interpretation delivery has changed as technology has evolved and tips for providers to ensure patients who are hard of hearing receive proper care.
Hal Wolf, HIMSS president and CEO, says health equity requires pragmatic designs that balance off data access versus data protection and designs that are tolerant of more basic infrastructure.
Andrew Eye, cofounder and CEO of ClosedLoop.ai, addresses zero tolerance for "black box" algorithms, achieving fairness with patient-level explainable AI and establishing best ML practices to advise thoughtful healthcare policy decisions.
Parkland Health SVP and CIO Joe Longo and SVP, Associate CMO and CMIO Dr. Brett Moran discuss how their hospital system leverages digital tools to empower patients and staff and make healthcare more accessible.
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.