Population and Public Health

The partnership is focused on modernizing the measurement, proof and financial effect of social determinants of health interventions.   

According to Anne Snowdon, chief scientific research officer at HIMSS, hospitals wishing to implement AI require sufficient IT infrastructure, strong leadership and governance frameworks, and talented staff who can use the tools safely.

Josh Wymer of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services talks about how his involvement with HIMSS beginning at the chapter level has been instrumental in building his career, including gaining a CPDHTS certification.

Monae Haskins, senior application analyst at Atlantic Health System is the recipient of the Changemaker Award for health equity. She says it impacted her on a personal level because she grew up in a low-income urban community.

Dylan Tête, director of business development for Red Duke Strategies, discusses the company's successful pilot program, which mitigates clinical staffing shortages by enabling veterans' family members to become their paid caregivers.

As U.S. veterans, many of whom live in rural areas, age, Kent Dicks, CEO of Life365, says that virtual care programs using AI, predictive analytics and real-time health monitoring can help keep them healthier in their homes.

The platform promotes utilization across critical, non-primarily health-related need areas, including food, pest control and transportation.   

The alliance will give providers the ability to review patients' social care history, monitor at-risk populations and track outcomes within MEDITECH's EHR.   

The Virtual Health Hub is working with local leaders to provide Indigenous Canadian communities with culturally sensitive care while honoring their data sovereignty principles, according to director Ivar Mendez.  

Getting care information from clinicians can be intimidating, says Daymond John, The Shark Group CEO. His Health Shark initiative will offer simple explanations of how people can take control of their data and their health.