Health Equity (154)

Anna Schoenbaum, VP of information services applications at Penn Medicine, relates how technology can help improve health equity by improving care access and empowering patients to collect and transmit their own data via wearables.

J29 president and founder Tracy Mills and VP of HHS programs Nick Vass talk about J29’s support of the “HIMSS Gives Back” initiative and about the public and private partnerships that are central to J29’s mission.

Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, health information systems director for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, talks about how the Center’s approach to health equity and wraparound care honors and empowers often-underserved populations.

Dan Ferris, chief marketing officer at Iris Telehealth, discusses the behavioral health provider shortage and how telehealth could connect patients to care in underserved areas.

Dana Trampas, senior digital health specialist at HIMSS, discusses educating healthcare professionals about the unique health needs of LGBTQ people and the value in collecting sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data.

Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, director, health information systems, at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, explains how health IT can help provider organizations identify and address inequities for LGBTQ+ individuals.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf offers his perspective on the big themes of the increasingly international conference and exhibition, and describes some of the healthcare information and technology innovations he's excited to see in Chicago next week.

Evelyn Gallego, CEO and founder of EMI Advisors, previews her upcoming HIMSS23 panel, where she and fellow panelists will highlight the opportunity to develop a standardized data exchange to improve maternal care coordination and planning. 

Dr. Tufia Haddad, Becky Kottschade and Rebecca Heft preview their upcoming HIMSS23 presentation on the Mayo Clinic's decentralized clinical trial implementation strategy, including their goals, keys to success and challenges they needed to overcome.

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.

Russ Hinz of Advocate Health, Stephanie Chia of University of Chicago Medicine and Susan Tolin from Chartis discuss their HIMSS23 presentation on a coalition that aims to tackle health disparities in the city. 

Howard Rubin, CIO at Evara Health, an FQHC, discusses the challenges of delivering healthcare to his population, and how telemedicine overcomes those hurdles.