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Patients and providers should work as a team to ensure accuracy in health records and diagnosing, says PocketHealth Chief Patient Officer Dave deBronkart.

Dr. Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, says big data is going to be transformative, as ONC and CMS rules move healthcare from a gated interaction to digitally transparent clinical care.

The complexity of managing security tools across multiple platforms is challenging, so there's an urgency to unify security processes and controls across all environments, says Pritesh Parekh, chief trust and security officer at Virtustream.

Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, CMIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, says it's when you have that embodiment of technology fully embedded in the workflow that you start to see real benefits.

Social determinants of health analytics services provide data that EHRs don't capture, not only benefiting patients, but also payers, researchers and providers, says Tim Suther, SVP of data solutions at Change Healthcare.

Skip Newberry, president and CEO of the Technology Association of Oregon, points to early implementations of smart homes to address the social determinants of health and the barriers they faced.

Lea Sims, marketing practice lead for healthcare insurance and life sciences at Verizon, discusses how COVID-19 has created unforeseen use cases for virtual care that Verizon's connected solutions – from tele-capabilities to 5G – make possible.

Healthvana CEO Ramin Bastani describes how his company is working with labs, providers and public health organizations to deliver test results with security, efficiency and empathy.

This week's top stories include a data breach that prompts healthcare organizations to take preventive steps, the CDC giving $227 million for COVID-19 vaccine preparedness and tracking, and Apple Watch adding a new VO2 Max feature.

During this webinar, healthcare leaders compare the public health response strategies of two very different health systems in Europe.