Population and Public 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.

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.

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.

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.

Dana Trampas, senior digital health specialist at HIMSS, shares how healthcare organizations can promote and advocate for LGBTQ health equity and inclusion within their patient populations and their workforces.

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.

Dr. John Showalter, CPO at Linus Health, describes drug therapy advances for Alzheimer's and how technology can help screen and identify at-risk patients sooner to optimize outcomes and quality of life.

Dr. Jay Bhatt, managing director at Deloitte, shares recommendations on how businesses can realize productivity and retention benefits by boosting health equity for their employees.

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.