Government & Policy
What is the government's role in building equitable tools and solutions and ensuring policies improve access? Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS, explains.
Collaboration is key for the National Indian Health Board as it becomes part of the HIMSS community and looks to expand beyond its networks, says A.C. Locklear, the board's federal relations director.
Training machine learning on the data amassed by the Illinois Department of Public Health could help the department better understand who might be at greatest risk of a variety of conditions, says IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra.
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Rowland Illing, DM, chief medical officer and director of international public sector health for Amazon Web Services, discusses how AWS can help Latin American health systems derive actionable insights from their healthcare data.
The guide's accessible cybersecurity information benefits all levels of organizations and helps improve business continuity planning and mitigating impacts, says Gerry Blass, CEO of ComplyAssistant and Frank Sinatra, CISO at Newark's University Hospital.
Native Americans face health disparities and interoperability challenges that make modernizing EHRs in tribal communities a critical need, according to Mitchell Thornbrugh, CIO of the Indian Health Service.
The Digital Therapeutic Alliance is one organization working to encourage tech vendors to address health equity throughout their product life cycles, says Jessica Hauflaire, COO of the DTA.
Texas chapters are working to advance health equity and other HIMSS goals with the state's legislature, reports Alan Lavergne, vice president of advocacy for the Dallas-Fort Worth HIMSS chapter.
By leveraging the collective power of stakeholders and governments, member states can advance health equity worldwide, says Dr. Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization.
Encouraging state and regional HIMSS chapters to advocate for healthcare information policies in their area is critical, says Lawrence Voyten, HIMSS board member and national advocacy chair.
