HIMSS19

Springboard Enterprises helps with leadership development for female entrepreneurs, says Director Rebecca MacKinnon.

Quantuvis is bringing managed care and pharmaceutical companies together to get the most effective drugs at the lowest prices to patients, says CEO Lisa Bair.

Two of biggest healthcare problems are access and engagement, but digital tools can help connect providers, payers and patients in the mental health field, says Neuroflow's COO Adam Pardes.

HIMSS Senior Director of Federal and State Affairs Jeff Coughlin shares his thoughts on information-blocking, interoperability, social determinants and recently proposed rules from CMS and ONC.

HIMSS Director of Informatics Mari Greenberger says blockchain as a tool, not a goal, can help rid redundancy, time and money that it takes to solve problems.

Pharma companies are entering the “drug and digital” era, where they need to provide digital solutions to deliver more value to patients, says veteran healthcare leader and Health Innovation Strategies CEO Naomi Fried.

The former national coordinator and professor at Dell Medical School says consumers need to feel more like a person and less like a patient so the trend is to put all of a patient's data in one place so they can access it via smartphone.

Jim Horowitz, manager at Beresford Ventures, finds conferences such as the annual HIMSS global event and Health 2.0 VentureConnect as valuable places to network and learn.

b.well Connected Health founder and CEO Kristen Valdes shares how her company is bringing disparate health data – clinical, financial, biometric, genomic, social determinant and more – into one accessible place.

Rideshare technology can improve access to care for the elderly, low-income patients and those who have chronic and complex care needs, according to Aaron Crowell, head of Uber Health.