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HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Charles Alessi discusses lessons learned in managing the pandemic, describing specific values that have helped countries shape their response to the crisis.

Digital tools offer huge opportunities for helping to contain the coronavirus, and IT solutions that make the management of infected people and contacts more efficient should be prioritized before the next wave.

The pandemic provides a "perfect example" for why the distributed ledger technology was invented, says HHS Technology Group President Brett Furst.

HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf discusses at FutureMed 2020 how the pandemic has impacted the healthcare industry.

This week's top stories include Ro and Hims looking to score significant funding; doctors, nurses and hospitals asking Congress for $100B to fight COVID-19; and med groups expressing "dismay" at the prospect of waivers being made permanent.

Deep Dive: Technology can enhance the human component of empathy to spur appropriate action and address issues of equity and disparity.

Patients may not be seeking in-person care during the COVID-19 pandemic, which means data may be harder to come by, says Michael Gleeson, chief innovation and strategy officer at Arcadia.

Change Healthcare CEO Neil de Crescenzo describes how the company, which has seen some big changes in the year since its IPO, has been tailoring its technologies to help payers, providers and patients during the pandemic.

This week's top stories include hospitals scrambling to comply with the requirement to submit data to HHS, privacy issues with Google and Apple's contact tracing app, and the feds partnering with Pfizer on a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

FutureMed 2020 provides practical insights on responding to the COVID-19 emergency from world leaders, decision-makers and other thought leaders.