Population and Public Health

Executive director of the WHO Academy Agnes Buzyn talks about the new center, which will provide over 100 programs to policymakers, health workers and the public, to open by 2024.

The cloud computing platform can help support healthcare organizations and startups aiming to build care equity and better outcomes, according to Nicky Murphy, international government health lead at AWS.

The Indonesia Ministry of Health's Setiaji Setiaji, chief of the Digital Transformation Office, explains the three digital transformation priorities for the nation's healthcare sector.

Georgia Southern University professor Heidi Altman says the project has focused on health disparities and access to care, especially in rural areas.

The United Arab Emirates' health systems have progressed in digital transformation to create better patient outcomes. Mohammad Al Redha, MD, director of health informatics and smart health for the Dubai Health Authority, explains how.

In a look ahead to the HIMSS Asia-Pacific Conference, happening in Bali on 27 - 28 September, 2022, stakeholders talked to HIMSS about digital transformation's promises for delivering improved care.

Everyone must have access to new connected health tech, according to Rhonel Cinous, who serves on the United Spinal Association's Tech Access Group.

Patient-driven consent-management tools and granular data segmentation need to be balanced for health equity, patient privacy and interoperability, according to Cambridge Health Alliance's chief medical information officer, Hannah Galvin, MD.

Bicycle Health CEO Ankit Gupta and Medical Director Dr. Brian Clear discuss the treatment landscape for patients with opioid use disorder.

Steve Gilbert, a consultant in serious mental illness living experience and an anti-racism advisor, advises stakeholders to demonstrate "amazing leadership and be incredibly brave," to reduce health inequities for discriminated groups.