Population and Public Health
Morehouse School of Medicine's Jasmine Agnew, the Master of Science in Health Informatics Program director, explains how IT instruction there incorporates cultural competencies that are key to acting on SDOH data.
Allison Viola, Senior Advisor for Health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, explains that collected data is at times neither accurate and nor representative of racial information or demographics.
The pandemic and civil unrest in 2020 shined light on healthcare disparities, says Jasmaine McClain, principal of the Health Equity Alliance at the Health Management Academy, who discusses if companies' announced efforts to combat inequities are enough.
Nicholas Christiano Jr. and Iris Frye, co-chairs of Health Equity Policy Task Force under the HIMSS Public Policy Committee, talk about the parts played by technology, clinicians and pharmacies in coping with the social determinants of health.
IQ Solutions' communications VP Kimberly Brock explains how the public health company helps nonprofits and federal agencies grow access to care.
The LGBTQ+ community can gain access to monkeypox vaccines through greater education, explains chair of the New England HIMSS Clinical Informatics Committee Amy Chacko.
Philips Vice President of U.S. Government Solutions Christina Nichols discusses how her company is reimagining and utilizing innovations developed during the pandemic to now address health equity.
An AI-driven application and wearable devices can help with healthcare equity, according to Victor Brown, founder and CEO of Xcellent Life.
Global social impact organization Reach President Fran Ayalasomayajula talks about how hospital-at-home creates organizational efficiencies, but also can be a challenge for caregivers.
It’s important to be flexible to jump barriers to access, says Jane Myles, Curebase vice president of clinical trial innovation.