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<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

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

While AI is spurring success, barriers to treatment remain, says Daniella Gilboa, CEO of AIVF.

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

The goal is to help struggling hospitals remain in operation, or assist in the reopening of recently closed hospitals.

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

<p>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.</p> <p> </p>

The technology shifts attention away from the human needs of the care team, authors say.