Women in Healthcare IT (805)

Malinda Peeples, VP of clinical services, programs and research at WellDoc, muses on how technology adoption is revamping personal health management.

An application design that is patient-centric can keep users motivated to use them over a long period, says Ayumi Maruyama, president of Triple Regards.

physIQ's Karen Larimer discusses her company's work to extract raw sensor readings from sensors and highlight the takeaways for clinicians.

A lack of third-party cybersecurity standards is hampering hospital-vendor partnerships, says Lorraine Bessmer, senior cybersecurity analyst at St. Luke's Health System.

Providing the healthcare workforce with resources to understand technology to deliver better care is an integral part of the national digital health strategy, says Dr Meredith Makeham, chief medical adviser at the Australian Digital Health Agency.

The speed at which Turkey has transformed digitally is seen as an excellent model to learn from, according to Sonia Khayat, general director of International Cooperation at Ministry of Health in Tunisia.

Through good news stories and valuable resources, the Digital Social Care website aims to engage and support adult social care providers in their digital journey, says Claire Sutton, digital transformation lead at the National Care Forum in the UK.

Helping practitioners self-learn and improve patient outcomes through coaching and data dashboards has also benefited employers with better risk mitigation strategies, says Melinda Wassell, chief health informatics officer at Work Healthy Australia.

Diabetes is a data-driven health condition and those with the disease should be provided choices of treatment plans and supported in their choices, says Renza Scibilia, manager of type 1 diabetes and consumer voice at Diabetes Australia.

Honorary clinical tutor Ijeoma Azodo talks about her work with the University of Edinburgh, the NHS Digital Academy and the recent launch of the Shuri Network.

Dr. Jacqueline Shreibati, former chief medical officer of AliveCor, describes the company's mobile ECG tech and the industry's embrace of consumer-friendly offerings.

Mahima Muralidharan, chief psychology officer at Tiatros, talks about partnerships her company has made to inject digital mental health support into established care and rehab programs.