Patient Access

Hal Wolf, president and CEO of HIMSS, relays the lessons learned within the digital health sector from the pandemic and how access to technology and data can make healthcare more sustainable and accessible to ensure health equity.

Parkland Health SVP and CIO Joe Longo and SVP, Associate CMO and CMIO Dr. Brett Moran, describe their experiences working with Dallas County's health department to provide equitable care access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Freddie Feldman, director of voice and conversational interfaces at Wolters Kluwer, talks about the potential of using AI and natural language processing for voice interfaces, and about limitations in the answers that generative AI can provide.

Wendy Deibert, chief nursing officer at Caregility, relays what nurses need to reduce burnout, and how virtual care and technology can supplement tasks to ease nurse fatigue, improve the patient experience and streamline healthcare delivery.

Carolina Nelson, LAC regional deputy director at Project HOPE, explains how the relief organization is improving global health, whether it's in a humanitarian setting or an emergency.

Toni Laracuente, SVP and head of Analytics at HIMSS, explains how the HIMSS Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model (C-COMM) helps build the entire picture of underserved patients and gives them the options of virtual care and care in place.

HIMSS and a number of countries have created a to-do list for improving access and health equity, says Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS.

EndeavorRx gives children with ADHD another treatment option to improve attention, notes Scott Kollins, chief medical officer at Akili Interactive.

Melanie Rainer, Director of HHS' Office for Civil Rights, shares how OCR helps providers resume compliance by the August deadline under HIPAA rules when they deliver telehealth services.

A.C. Locklear, federal relations director for the National Indian Health Board, is looking to other groups with similar issues for new and innovative solutions to tribal health issues.