population health

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.

Natasha Ramontal, HIMSS digital health strategist for community outcomes and analytics, describes how the Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model (C-COMM) engages and empowers patients by supporting meaningful care relationships.

Lawrence Whittle, CCO at Verana Health, describes how patient data can be used to improve healthcare, including making clinical trials more efficient and helping clinicians discover which treatments yield the most value.

Joana Feijó, business development director for Health Cluster Portugal, describes how Portugal is using lessons learned from other countries to modernize its own digital healthcare infrastructure.

Anna Schoenbaum, VP of information services at Penn Medicine, discusses the significance of technology for addressing social determinants of health, as well as how regulations mandate the use and collection of SDOH data.

J29 president and founder Tracy Mills and VP of HHS programs Nick Vass highlight the importance of state and federal agencies collaborating with private companies to better serve population health needs.

Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, health information systems director for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, discusses diversity, inclusion and the importance of using C-COMM to evaluate how well a patient is cared for within their community.

HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer Anne Snowdon says that health systems can embrace digital transformation to solve economic and workforce problems post-pandemic.

In Chicago, Hal Wolf, CEO of HIMSS, speaks to world digital health leaders about issues to tackle in health equity, population health, cybersecurity and AI.

See interviews with healthcare IT thought leaders as well as news and views from the show floor during Day 1 of the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago.