Quality and Safety

Parks Associates' Jennifer Kent says connected thermostats and fitness trackers are a good start toward smart communities, but consumers expect many digital health devices to be reimbursed or provided by public or industry stakeholders.

CEO Geralyn Ochab envisions a shift in healthcare from diagnose and treatment to wellness and prevention.

Cybersecurity Collaborative Executive Director Parham Eftekhari shares how intelligence sharing and collaborative best practices can help with risk mitigation as pandemic-era cyberattacks increase.

Imagia is expanding artificial intelligence into cancer research, says Florent Chandelier, CTO of the Montreal-based software startup.

Dr. Richard Milani, chief clinical transformation officer of Ochsner Health System, discusses digital's ability to personalize care to a degree that can't be matched in the analog space and how digital tools are changing the chronic care landscape.

Swapna Kakani, a patient advocate, talks about living with a rare disease and becoming a part of the emerging wave of patient leaders.

There is new momentum around finding more effective means of patient identity and matching, and Verato CEO Mark LaRow says the company's referential matching technology can help.

Anya Eldan, VP of the Startup Division of the Israel Innovation Authority, says Israel is fostering innovation in life sciences, nanotechnology, material engineering, genomics and more.

Dr. Jacob Reider, CEO of Alliance for Better Health, discusses the data and IT demands of coordinating social determinants of health efforts - and the imperative to serve underserved communities, where effects from COVID-19 will be felt long after the pandemic has subsided.

Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, CMIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundations Trust in the UK, says technology has been embraced by the workforce to improve patient outcomes in areas such as barcode medicine and sepsis.