Population and Public Health

The mission is modernizing data that will improve communities' wellbeing by driving smarter, faster public health decisions, explains Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The ride-sharing company's Veterans Health Administration–Uber Health Connect (VUHC) Initiative aims to improve veterans' access to care via the Veterans Transportation Program. Zach Clark, global head of Uber Health, explains.

With prebuilt artificial intelligence tools and open APIs, health systems can use the cloud-agnostic tech to develop and deploy real-time analytics that could improve operational efficiencies and care delivery outcomes.

HIMSS25 Changemaker awardee Dr. Roosevelt De Los Santos explains how his work at Trinity Health to help clinicians, patients and staff embrace and understand technology contributes to advancing HIMSS' goal of transforming health.  

HIMSS benchmarks were used as guidance for advancing digital health maturity by Dr. Maheshwara Rao Appannan of Malaysia's Ministry of Health. The goals were increasing health equity and economic gains while improving patient outcomes.

Gene and cell therapies can "reprogram" patients' own cells to stop the progression of certain cancers and genetic conditions in some situations, with remission rates of up to 92%, says Boro Dropulić, executive director of Caring Cross.

The project led by Yonsei University and Seoul National University aims to develop AI-based screening tools for early autism detection.

Food Allergy Nursing Association educates nurses about the emerging health concern so they can deliver adequate care and better advocate for patients, says Olga Kagan, FANA president and CEO, and 2025 Changemaker Award recipient.

The magic is taking the results from a single community to create the same model for the nation, says Danish Qureshi, CEO of Zarminali Pediatrics.

Artificial intelligence, data collection and low-latency video are among the technologies recognized by the health system.