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Rachelle Landry, VP of clinical transformation at BD, discusses how interoperability, robotics and AI enable care delivery outside traditional settings, but must always be driven by clinicians' critical thinking and their connections to patients.  

Heidi Wold, chief population health officer, Longevity Health Plan, addresses biases in elder care, particularly the idea that seniors aren't interested in using technology, and talks about how nursing facilities can enhance seniors' quality of life.

Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, anesthesiology professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin and AMA president, tells a personal story to show how AI can surface buried but critical information in patient records for better treatment.  

Garrett Singletary, senior software engineer of data and AI at Concord Technologies, talks about how digitizing manually faxed data reduces clinicians’ workload and facilitates data exchange between providers.  

PatientPoint Chief Product and Strategy Officer Andrew Schultz chats about building a communication hub between patients and providers that fosters a more connected health ecosystem and a better patient experience.   

Dr. Monika Sonu, cofounder and director of new product development at Healthinnovation Toolbox and 2024 Changemaker, says she believes all digital health tools should address persistent problems like interoperability and health equity.  

MaryAnn Connor, senior director of nursing informatics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how nurses must understand the whole patient and their needs, and how technology can remove the barriers to providing personalized care.  

Dr. Donald Warne, codirector of the Center for Indigenous Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, advocates for the recognition of Indigenous medical contributions, including osteopathy’s origin in Shawnee and Otoe practices.  

Naomi Escoffery, Chief Accelerator Officer at the Defense Health Agency, discusses how telework gives clinicians more autonomy over their schedule to relieve burnout.  

Dr. Emily C. Webber, Indiana University Health CMIO and 2024 Changemaker, says clinicians should look beyond current care delivery models and try innovative ways to increase patients' access to care.