HIMSS23

Digital tools are improving the clinician experience in Seoul, say Dr. Wonchul Cha, CMIO and director of the Digital Innovation Center at Samsung Medical Center, and Dr. Meong Hi Son, vice director of its Digital Transformation Center.

Brian Scarpelli of the Connected Health Initiative discusses advocating for more fundamental shifts in thinking as insurers grow to understand the need for meaningful digital health and telemedicine reimbursement.

Native Americans face health disparities and interoperability challenges that make modernizing EHRs in tribal communities a critical need, according to Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service.

Wolters Kluwer Health is donating the latest clinical evidence to providers in order to help increase health equity for resource-limited populations, says Stacey Caywood, CEO.

Discussing takeaways from the recent HIMSS23 Nursing Informatics Forum, Tony Black, director of federal healthcare for Kyndryl, talks about the demands nurses face and how technology can improve the way they deliver care.

The Digital Therapeutic Alliance is one organization working to encourage tech vendors to address health equity throughout their product life cycles, says Jessica Hauflaire, COO of the DTA.

Texas chapters are working to advance health equity and other HIMSS goals with the state's legislature, reports Alan Lavergne, vice president of advocacy for the Dallas-Fort Worth HIMSS chapter.

By leveraging the collective power of stakeholders and governments, member states can advance health equity worldwide, says Dr. Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization.

There are ways technology can help ease clinician burden. Kathleen McGrow, chief nursing information officer at Microsoft and a 2023 HIMSS Changemaker Award recipient, explains how.

Health tech incubator MATTER embeds health equity into its initiatives and encourages its partner companies to do the same, says Olyvia Phillips, its manager of equity initiatives.