American Medical Association
At a HIMSS23 talk, panelists discussed how technology may improve health equity if the right steps are taken during the development process.
According to a survey by the American Medical Association, 93% of physicians felt there was some advantage or a definite advantage to using digital health tools in 2022, compared with 85% in 2016.
HIMSS21
Jesse Ehrenfeld, former chair of the board of trustees for the American Medical Association, discusses the evolution of digital health adoption over time at HIMSS21.
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The association has also created a virtual panel discussion to talk best practices when using the tech for telemedicine.
Ben Sych, strategy and partnership manager at the AMA, says physicians need data evidence to see value of adopting digital health solutions, no matter how compelling they look to investors.
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, board of trustees chair for the American Medical Association, says AI tools should enable physicians to perform more effectively across the work that they do.
Chair of AMA Board of Trustees Dr. Jack Resneck, Jr., discusses the need to validate healthcare innovations and how technology can either improve or reinforce disparities around outcomes in healthcare.
Dr. Tom Giannulli, CMIO of AMA’s Integrated Health Model Initiative, says the data liquidity issue is being addressed, leaving data portability as the next interoperability hurdle.
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