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Dr. Laura Purdy, a telemedicine and digital health expert and a physician licensed in all 50 states, discusses helping medical professionals launch their digital health businesses with the aim of making care more accessible to all.

Will Cantrell, director of product solutions at InteliChart, sees the need to tie all the pieces of the healthcare journey into one seamless interaction. By making it easier for patients to stay engaged, he says, better outcomes will result.

Virtual care models can improve access and build personalized experiences for underserved patients, says Kuldeep Singh Rajput, founder and CEO of Biofourmis.

Carriers are getting better than ever at understanding how healthcare cyberattacks unfold and can help protect healthcare organizations before threat actors strike, says John Menefee, cyber risk product manager at Travelers Bond and Specialty Insurance.

The tools available to help payers and providers come together to achieve the goal of value-based care, according to Inovalon SVPs Kristopher Volrath and Karly Rowe.

Machine learning can streamline the prior authorization process for providers and payers, as well as determine the best care paths for patients, says John Gaines, VP of marketing at Cohere Health.

Health assurance is about migrating from sick care to preventive care, and funding innovations that improve costs and experiences can help drive that shift, says Sumit Nagpal, founder and CEO of Cherish.

Clinicians and IT groups must work together to incorporate immersive technologies such as VR into digital health and bring VR device data into the EHR, contends Gita Barry, president of immersive healthcare at Penumbra.

Virtual care can provide more capacity in near real time for overworked clinicians, says Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, CEO of KeyCare. He advises health systems about finding the right partner to provide that support.

Andrea Fiumicelli, CEO of Dedalus, outlines how interoperability and digital healthcare tools such as AI can help control costs, reduce medication waste and prevent clinician burnout worldwide.