COVID-19

Douglas Herr, vice president of EHR services at DeliverHealth, offers advice for CIOs who are behind with their EHRs because COVID-19 brought IT initiatives to a complete halt.

UMass Memorial Medical Center President Dr. Michael Gustafson discusses how COVID-19 impacted the medical center's digital transformation and the benefits of hospital at home.

Dr. Rowland Illing, CMO and director of International Government Health for AWS, discusses the various technologies his organization developed during the pandemic.

German Managed Care Association President Dr. Volker Amelung talks about what digital health applications (DiGA) mean for German citizens and predicts the main focus for international health systems post-COVID-19.

Professor Krishnan Ganapathy, director of Apollo Telehealth Services, describes how the Indian government is advocating the use of digital tools to accelerate virtual care.

Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, discusses how digital can help build a culture of health.

11 Health's Justine Seres says when driving innovation, patient experience can't be overlooked, as her late husband, patient advocate Michael Seres, discovered – and his legacy will be continued with the HIMSS Global Patient Innovator Award.

Dr. Deborah Maufi, chief medical officer at Babymoon Care, discusses how to tackle the inequalities in maternal health.

Christine Czerniak, technical officer of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, says variants of COVID-19 highlight the need for genomic surveillance and sequencing as well as the importance of collaboration in the fight against the coronavirus.

Professor Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer of Clalit Health Services, says Israel has found both innovation and data instrumental in tackling COVID-19 challenges and improving patient outcomes.