Women in Healthcare IT (471)

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.

Donna Roach, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics CIO and 2023 Changemaker Award recipient, describes the positive impact that encouragement from relatives, mentors and HIMSS membership has had on her career in healthcare IT.

Mona Baset, VP of Digital Services for Intermountain Health, and Kyruus Chief Revenue Officer Brandon Spring discuss the digital transformation journey, with the goal to provide patients with easy access and guidance.

Natasha Ramontal, digital health strategist for community outcomes and analytics for HIMSS, talks about how HIMSS’ Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model (C-COMM) improves outcomes for the non-acute care centers most global citizens use.

Kathleen McGrow, chief nursing information officer at Microsoft and a 2023 Changemaker Award recipient, talks about how to leverage technology to help ease clinician burden.

Lisa Stephenson, CNIO at Houston Methodist, discusses how nurse and physician informatics teams should collaborate to use data to optimize clinical workflows.

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.

Cleveland Clinic's chief research information officer, Dr. Lara Jehi, and IT product director for population health, Craig Martin, talk about using Epic MyChart to communicate with patients about clinical research.

Dr. Wonchul Cha, CMIO and director of the Digital Innovation Center, and Dr. Meong Hi Son, vice director of the Digital Transformation Center, both from Samsung Medical Center, talk about how digital tools improve the clinician experience.

Gita Barry, president of immersive healthcare at Penumbra, talks about how clinicians and IT groups must work together to incorporate immersive technologies such as VR into digital health and bring VR device data into the EHR.

Grace Cordovano, founder of Enlightening Results, talks about how patients want more trust, transparency and information sharing from healthcare organizations to guide them in their complex healthcare journey.

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.