Population Health

While 70% of Jordan's population is covered by the national health system, Omar Ayesh, Electronic Health Solutions' CEO, says the country is building a national HIE to integrate and share data from private care providers.

Reimbursement rules vary across the EU, slowing widespread adoption of digital therapeutics, though early frameworks in Germany and France are good foundations for future harmonisation and scale, says Louisa Stüwe from the French Ministry of Health.

Participating in HIMSS' Immunization Integration Program demonstrated how Office Practicum's EHR enables pediatricians to more effectively manage and integrate vaccine data, say the company's Chris Gibson and Dr. Rich Szabo.

Through using advanced data analytics and rigorously tested AI models, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is committed to helping its residents live longer, healthier lives, says Saad Alhuzami of its Ministry of Health.

Matthew McCay, MultiCare Health System's veteran advocacy manager, and Epic's Brett Barker explain how an API enables doctors at the POC to identify more veteran patients, rectify medication lists and refer them to Veterans Affairs' services.

The mission is modernizing data that will improve communities' wellbeing by driving smarter, faster public health decisions, explains Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The ride-sharing company's Veterans Health Administration–Uber Health Connect (VUHC) Initiative aims to improve veterans' access to care via the Veterans Transportation Program. Zach Clark, global head of Uber Health, explains.

With prebuilt artificial intelligence tools and open APIs, health systems can use the cloud-agnostic tech to develop and deploy real-time analytics that could improve operational efficiencies and care delivery outcomes.

HIMSS25 Changemaker awardee Dr. Roosevelt De Los Santos explains how his work at Trinity Health to help clinicians, patients and staff embrace and understand technology contributes to advancing HIMSS' goal of transforming health.  

HIMSS benchmarks were used as guidance for advancing digital health maturity by Dr. Maheshwara Rao Appannan of Malaysia's Ministry of Health. The goals were increasing health equity and economic gains while improving patient outcomes.