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IT, telehealth, clinical decision support, wellness tools and diagnostics all fall into the same category, says Jessica Hauflaire, COO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance. Digital therapeutics consist of software as a direct intervention to treat, manage or prevent medical conditions.

Alan Lavergne, VP of advocacy for the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of HIMSS, discusses the five Texas chapters collaborating to advance health equity with the state's legislature, and talks about winning an award recognizing his efforts.

The regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization discusses the WHO partnership with HIMSS to leverage the collective power of their stakeholders to deploy tools to decrease health inequities.

Kathleen McGrow, chief nursing information officer at Microsoft, received a 2023 Changemaker Award for her work in helping to ease clinician burden.

Collaboration is needed for innovation to get out of siloes, says Olyvia Phillips, manager of equity initiatives for tech incubator MATTER.

Having more digital information does not solve the core problem of matching patients to their correct records, says Gregg Church, president of 4medica.  

Clinicians want their EHRs to support them in delivering better patient care, but they're bogged down with documentation, says Sandra Johnson, SVP of client services for CliniComp.  

Educating healthcare professionals on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection helps LGBTQ individuals to feel more inclusive and could lead to better outcomes, says Dana Trampas, senior digital health specialist at HIMSS.

HIMSS' Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model (C-COMM) leverages digital technologies to support meaningful engagement of care recipients, says Natasha Ramontal, digital health strategist for community outcomes and analytics for HIMSS.

HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Task Force serves as an information conduit for 57 chapters nationwide on issues such as health equity, says Lawrence Voyten, HIMSS board member and national advocacy chair.