Data management

Patient advocate Dave deBronkart believes interoperability advances could soon enable everyone to carry International Patient Summary QR codes with their own health data that could be scanned into EHRs in case of emergency.  

Alex Diaconu, CEO of AiGIA Health, shares the story of how his chronic illness inspired him to start the company to help patients improve their health by practicing preventative care.  

In 2027, CMS will start rewarding MA plans that demonstrate progress in addressing health disparities, but they will need to measure performance ahead of that, explains Anna Basevich, SVP of enterprise partnerships and customer enablement at Arcadia.  

Tom Liddell, CEO of Harmony Healthcare IT, talks about how a changing technology landscape, varying accessibility levels and data's continued growth complicate planning for the future of healthcare data security and storage.  

Scott Stuewe, DirectTrust president and CEO, discusses the company’s health app program to support stakeholders within the FHIR ecosystem and how it allows companies to exchange information securely through direct, secure messaging.   

Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, anesthesiology professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin and AMA president, tells a personal story to show how AI can surface buried but critical information in patient records for better treatment.  

Garrett Singletary, senior software engineer of data and AI at Concord Technologies, talks about how digitizing manually faxed data reduces clinicians’ workload and facilitates data exchange between providers.  

Google's chief health equity officer, Dr. Ivor Horn, discusses partnerships, the tech giant's new offerings, how it chooses datasets for its AI models and tools digital health firms can use to ensure health equity in their products.  

Gabriela Wilson, director of health and public health informatics at the Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics and 2023 Changemaker Award recipient, discusses working with public and private community partners to relieve food insecurity.  

There are benefits to proactive cybersecurity strategies, says Philip Bradley, digital health strategist at HIMSS. He discusses how the INFRAM framework can guide organizations in maturing their infrastructure to protect data.