Women in Healthcare IT (837)

(Sponsored) Transformation in telemedicine, AI diagnosis and AI-enabled medical devices have been accelerated during the pandemic, while innovative digital tools can now help in everyday life for South Koreans, says Yuri Jung, manager, F&D Partners.

Bias in dermatology toward white skin can result in missed diagnoses for people of color, say VisualDx physicians.

Kristine Sørensen, founder and director of the Global Health Literacy Academy in Denmark, explains what empowering patients in the digital age looks like and why self-management in health is key to sustainable healthcare.

(Sponsored) Susan Lucas Collins, global head of healthcare services at Twilio, discusses how the accelerated use of technology is making healthcare safer and more accessible for patients.

Patient experience cannot be overlooked when driving innovation, as global patient advocate Michael Seres discovered – and his legacy will be continued with the HIMSS Global Patient Innovator Award, says his wife, Justine Seres, director, 11 Health.

CAQH Senior Vice President April Todd describes the council's new FHIR endpoint directory, and discusses challenges and opportunities as health plans get more used to API-based data exchange.

With ransomware now an endemic threat, attorney Wynter Deagle, partner at Troutman Pepper, discusses what health systems should be thinking about in terms of incident response, cyber insurance and other compliance questions.

Dr. Deborah Maufi, chief medical officer at Babymoon Care, discusses the health inequalities that need to be addressed after COVID-19 and highlights ways to build a more equitable system for maternal health.

Franka Cadée, president of the International Confederation of Midwives, discusses how to make sure the use of digital tools is preserving compassionate connections between clinicians and patients.

New variants highlight the need for genomic surveillance and sequencing across the globe and reinforce the importance of collaboration in the fight against COVID-19, says Christine Czerniak, technical officer, WHO Health Emergencies Programme.

Sita Kapoor, CIO at HealthEC, outlines the four elements that make up the next stage in the evolution of pop health.

Dr. Helen Riess, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and founder of Empathetics, speaks with Frank Cutitta, who was hospitalized for 100 days, about "institutionalized loneliness" and other emotional aftereffects of the pandemic.