Patient Engagement

<p>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.</p>

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

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p> </p>

An AI-powered alert system at Stanford Hospital is predicting which patients are in decline and keeping them from the ICU.

<p>This includes large print, braille, audio recordings and the newest piece, providing documents in the dominant language, says Ernie Crawford, president and CEO of Crawford Technologies.<br />  </p>

<p>The Coalition of Health AI (CHAI) is a consensus-driven set of standards among over 1,300 organizations, says CHAI CEO Dr. Brian Anderson.<br />  </p>

CHCs report that Medicaid disenrollment has affected patients across all ages, including those with major health needs.

The Cedars-Sinai Connect app will now be expanded to be more inclusive of Spanish speakers, as well as children 3 to 17 years old.

<p>One of the goals of the Pul Alliance is sustained support for healthcare in remote areas, by helping organizations as the volunteer Colombian Civil Air Patrol, says Manish Kohli, founder and president of the Pul Alliance for Digital Health and Equity.<br />  </p>