Patient Access

Khue Tran, chief strategy officer at Azalea Health, shares how the company's products for rural health systems, including EHR and practice management software, RCM automation and touchless charting, drive efficiencies and boost reimbursement rates.

Dr. Eve Cunningham, group VP and chief of virtual care and digital health at Providence, and 2024 Changemaker, discusses MedPearl, a tool created by and for clinicians that provides decision support information within two minutes.

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.  

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.  

The founder and president of Medonations, a Lebanese medication company, talks about the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosion and her medication-access relief efforts following the disaster.  

Patricia MacTaggart, program director and teaching instructor at George Washington University and 2024 Changemaker Award winner, discusses how Medicaid’s innovative use of telehealth as a care modality influenced Medicare and other payers.  

Founder and president Manish Kohli discusses how the Pul Alliance for Digital Health and Equity assists nonprofits with workforce training and project management so they can better measure and demonstrate their impact on local communities.

Grace Cordovano, cofounder of Unblock Health and a 2024 Changemaker Award recipient, talks about helping patients access and understand their records, as well as the Cancer X initiative, which aims to increase care access and affordability.

Leveraging AI in virtual nursing can elevate and transform the care experience to advance documentation automation while improving personalized, bedside care, says Dr. Stephanie Lahr, president of healthcare AI technology company Artisight.  

Michael Brandofino, president and COO of Caregility, discusses how Caregility deploys sensors, a specially designed audio system and AI within hospital rooms to help remote nurses observe patients and reduce onsite nurses' workload.