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Healthcare IT industry insiders as well as our roving reporters deliver news and views from the show floor on Day 1 of the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago.

With little industry regulation and limited proof of effectiveness, tech innovation for behavioral healthcare is being scrutinized. Dr. Zenobia Brown, SVP of Population Health Care Management and associate CMO at Northwell Health, discusses further in a HIMSS23 session preview.

LGBTQ+ care can be enhanced via data collection, according to Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, director, health information systems, at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

Healthcare must be responsive to the consumer needs for convenience, and virtual care and AI will help get us there, says Transcarent CEO Glen Tullman in a preview of his HIMSS23 session with HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf.   

A HIMSS23 presentation on three data projects in the real world will feature the National Institutes of Health's Sarah Warner, Premier's Ning Rosenthal and Myla Maloney, and the University of Washington School of Medicine's Dr. Ferric Fang.  

At HIMSS23, Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, an otolaryngologist and AMA Board of Trustees member, will speak on the ways technology can grant access to improve equity in healthcare.  

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf shares his views on the greater themes in this increasingly global conference and exhibition. He reviews some innovations in healthcare information and technology he's eager to see in Chicago next week.

The Mayo Clinic’s decentralized clinical trial is moving forward with its strategy. Dr. Tufia Haddad, Becky Kottschade and Rebecca Heft talk about successes and challenges at their HIMSS23 presentation.  

Carium general counsel Matthew Fisher previews his HIMSS23 panel explaining the ways the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision affects healthcare data and access.

Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) members Scott McKeithen, Marleen Welsh and Charles Baschnagel preview their panel at HIMSS23 on the ways biosurveillance helps public health officials during pandemics.