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Surprisingly, researchers found no correlation between department closures and negative outcomes for patients driving greater distances, says Martin Gaynor, professor emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University.

The Health AI Partnership is offering technical assistance to help FQHCs and community hospitals bridge the digital divide, says Dr. Mark Sendak, population health & data science lead at the Duke Institute for Health Innovation.

Follow-up appointments, transitional care when there’s the risk of readmission, benefit patients and can be done by telehealth, says Dr. Matthew Thompson, an ER physician and the CEO and cofounder of Telescope Health.

Peninsula Health is participating in the statewide HIE project to address data integration challenges, shares Dr Shyaman Menon, executive director of Medical Services.

Ida Tin, founder and CEO of Femtech Assembly, cites a McKinsey report that found poor healthcare for women costs $1 trillion per year worldwide and she says investing in women's health is essential to bolstering global economies and infrastructure.

The system makes it hard for primary care doctors to collect payment so that 30-40% of their time is spent on administrative tasks, says Mark Newman, founder and CEO of Nomi Health.

Rather than making cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, the government is simply rolling back funding to pre-pandemic norms, says Dr. Don Rucker, chief strategy officer at 1upHealth, who led the ONC during the first Trump administration.

Anil Soni, CEO of the WHO Foundation, discusses the organization's $3.6 million fundraising campaign, with dollar-for-dollar matching, to support the Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network in its mission to control both diseases.

Molly Gibson, president of future science at Lila Sciences, discusses the company's superintelligence platform to advance scientific research, AI technology's promise in curing diseases and the risks the company is watching out for.

About 42% of births in the U.S. are paid by Medicaid, which has lower rates than other insurance, says Anu Sharma, founder and CEO of the tech-enabled Millie.

Abhinav Shashank, Innovaccer cofounder and CEO, says his company helps providers and payers connect data into a single layer that can support population health initiatives, revenue cycle automation and other large projects.

Office Practicum's Chris Gibson and Dr. Rich Szabo say participating in HIMSS' Immunization Integration Program demonstrated how the company's EHR enables pediatricians to more effectively manage and integrate vaccine data.