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Women in Health IT

Why patients are the most important stakeholders in digital health

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Elise Kohl-Grant, chief information officer at Innovative Management Solutions NY, explains why the consumer and patient perspective needs to be considered when building digital health tools, particularly in the behavioral health space.

 

Digital health app uptake spiked during COVID-19

Dr. Tamsin Brown, delivery lead at NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Programme and pediatric lead at ORCHA, shares her learnings from the pandemic, including a mindset shift among patients and clinicians regarding digital tools and apps.
 

Managing patient privacy and health equity

Hannah Galvin, MD, chief medical information officer at Cambridge Health Alliance, talks about balancing granular data segmentation and patient-driven consent-management tools for patient privacy, interoperability and health equity.
 

Digital can give a boost to patient-centered care

According to Tarja Stenvall, Sanofi SVP of key markets and general medicines, a crucial cornerstone is to have well-informed and engaged patients. With less red tape, she finds, trust will turn into better patient engagement.
 

The Georgia Moms Project explores women’s perspective on maternity care

Interviews have put the focus on health disparities, access to care and the lack of rural providers, says Heidi Altman, associate professor at Georgia Southern University.