HIMSS24

Dr. Monika Sonu, cofounder and director of new product development at Healthinnovation Toolbox and 2024 Changemaker, says she believes all digital health tools should address persistent problems like interoperability and health equity.  

MaryAnn Connor, senior director of nursing informatics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how nurses must understand the whole patient and their needs, and how technology can remove the barriers to providing personalized care.  

Dr. Donald Warne, codirector of the Center for Indigenous Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, advocates for the recognition of Indigenous medical contributions, including osteopathy’s origin in Shawnee and Otoe practices.  

Naomi Escoffery, Chief Accelerator Officer at the Defense Health Agency, discusses how telework gives clinicians more autonomy over their schedule to relieve burnout.  

Dr. Emily C. Webber, Indiana University Health CMIO and 2024 Changemaker, says clinicians should look beyond current care delivery models and try innovative ways to increase patients' access to care.  

Tony Black of Kyndryl discusses how companies can take proactive measures to avoid operations disruption during adverse digital events.  

The founder and president of Medonations, a Lebanese medication company, talks about the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosion and her medication-access relief efforts following the disaster.  

Patricia MacTaggart, program director and teaching instructor at George Washington University and 2024 Changemaker Award winner, discusses how Medicaid’s innovative use of telehealth as a care modality influenced Medicare and other payers.  

Punit Soni, Suki AI CEO and founder, discusses how his company's integration of its AI assistant with Amwell's Converge telehealth platform to generate clinical notes and coding has reduced doctors' workload by up to 75% and boosted job satisfaction.  

Dr. Brian Anderson, CEO, Coalition of Health AI (CHAI), shares the challenges of developing specifications and ethical standards for still-evolving AI technology, as well as how members ensure patient safety remains at the center of discussions.