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Post acute care is here to stay as COVID-19 brought to light the need for these services and the right technology to drive better outcomes, says Heidi Wold, chief population health officer at Longevity Health Plan.  

Technological innovation can be an asset rather than a burden if developers listen to their frontline people, says Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association.  

Concord Technologies takes paper documents from legacy formats still being used, extracts the information and turns it into a secure digital transmission, says Garrett Singletary, senior software engineer of data and AI.  

Dr. Monika Sonu, Healthinnovation Toolbox cofounder and HIMSS24 Changemaker, discusses how her medical practice helps inform the development of digital health tools that aim to help address issues that include health equity and interoperability.

As care has moved into the outpatient and home setting, nurses are looking at more technologies that support care delivery, says MaryAnn Connor, senior director of nursing informatics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

The Center for Indigenous Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has a global focus, explains codirector Dr. Donald Warne.  

The military is working on removing barriers, through technology, for a better quality of life and access to care, says Naomi Escoffery, Chief Accelerator Officer at the Defense Health Agency.  

The biggest barrier is having the curiosity and confidence in each other to try things that might not work, says Dr. Emily C. Webber, CMIO at Indiana University Health and 2024 Changemaker Award winner.

Such a plan is essential to ensure operations continue during a digital disruption, says Tony Black, global director of healthcare, privacy and digital transformation at Kyndryl.  

Founder and president of Medonations Marina El Khawand realized her calling after a 2020 explosion in Beirut, when she helped a woman affected by a blast who badly needed her asthma medication.