HIMSS23

Native Americans' life expectancy is five years lower than the U.S. average. Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service, talks about the need for a single interoperable medical record to support Native communities’ health equity.

Stacey Caywood, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health, discusses how Wolters Kluwer solutions incorporate diversity and inclusivity into the text, images and clinical support sources they provide to help clinicians meet patients’ care needs.

Tony Black, director of federal healthcare for Kyndryl, discusses how conferences like HIMSS23 empower healthcare professionals to network, learn from each other and discuss ideas, and offers suggestions for expanding these opportunities.

Digital therapeutics improve access to care, but face reimbursement challenges. Jessica Hauflaire, COO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, describes the DTA's work with CMS and policymakers to gain support for this new care model.

Alan Lavergne, vice president of advocacy for the Dallas-Fort Worth HIMSS chapter, talks about the value of clinician groups and healthcare IT vendors collaborating to advocate for improving access to care.

Dr. Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at WHO, discusses the need for collaboration between public health workers and technology vendors around the world to improve public trust and health equity.

Kathleen McGrow, chief nursing information officer at Microsoft and 2023 Changemaker Award recipient, discusses the importance of studying workforce crisis in healthcare and how to use automation to streamline workflows.

Olyvia Phillips, manager of equity initiatives for global healthcare technology incubator MATTER, talks about how Together.health, a consortium of digital health incubators, prioritizes health equity and supports diverse founders.

Gregg Church, president of 4medica, talks about how the government should work with healthcare vendors to simplify data capture and eliminate the growing problem of medical record duplication between health systems.

Sandra Johnson, SVP of client services for CliniComp, outlines how the pandemic and increased documentation requirements have impacted clinicians' job satisfaction and the top three pain points all new EHR solutions should address.