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National Taiwan University Hospital's vice superintendent, Dr I-Rue Lai, relays the health system's ambition to be a fully value-based, data-enabled care provider, which includes interoperability, internally and with external providers.

Dr. Michael Poku, chief clinical officer at Equality Health, discusses the high costs of health inequities and the value of investing in independent primary care physicians, along with data to reach a more equitable system.  

Leah Dewey, vice president of clinical and consumer engagement operations at Cotiviti, discusses how health plans focus on improving health equity internally, and how data helps payers affect the health and wellbeing of a population.  

Vice president of research science and advanced analytics at Inovalon Christie Teigland describes HEI scores, what will be measured within plans to determine their efforts on improving health equity and HEI's effect on health plans.  

Dr. John B. Halamka, president of Mayo Clinic Platform, discusses AI's "dizzying" evolution, Mayo’s strategy for approaching predictive AI versus generative AI, and its partnership with Google that practices agile development of AI.

Leaders from both organizations discuss the motivations behind and the goals of Informa Markets' deal to manage the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition.

David Lareau, CEO of Medicomp Systems, discusses how Medicare Advantage evaluates how well providers manage each patient. Care teams must be proactive in determining what the individual patient needs.

Brian Scarpelli, senior global policy counsel at the Connected Health Initiative, discusses how the initiative is working with the AMA to incorporate digital health tools into CPT code sets to improve providers' reimbursement rates.

Digital therapeutics improve access to care, but face reimbursement challenges. Jessica Hauflaire, COO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, describes the DTA's work with CMS and policymakers to gain support for this new care model.

Lawrence Voyten, HIMSS board member and national advocacy chair, details how HIMSS chapter leaders can proactively support health equity and interoperability with their local governments.