Join NHIT Board Directors, leadership, and a series of high-profile special guests for this kickoff of NHIT@ViVE. Enjoy invaluable networking with senior leaders alongside your peers and get a sneak peek of all the must-see NHIT Health Equity sessions hosted throughout the ViVE conference.

Special Greeting: "Welcome to Nashville" 

 - Yuri Cunza, President and CEO Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 

For generations, we’ve witnessed a widening gap in health outcomes along racial and socioeconomic lines. Communities are looking to health systems for solutions, but nearly 80 percent of our health is influenced by factors outside clinic walls. Called the social determinants of health, these include housing stability, food access, community support, and other socioeconomic factors. Health systems, along with other service providers and stakeholders, must address these social determinants where people live and work in order to close the health and wellness gap. Collaboration and effective partnerships are critical in establishing and maintaining equitable experiences for all patients, clinicians, and staff alike. Join this esteemed panel to learn how innovations are changing access, delivery, and coordination of care.

Moderator: 

- Michael ‘MJ’ Jackson, Vice President, Industry Ecosystems, DocuSign

Panelists:

- Leon Caldwell, Ph.D., Senior Director Health Equity Strategy and Innovations, American Hospital Association

- Amanda Goltz, US Healthcare Lead, Public Sector Healthcare Venture Capital & Startups, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

- Steve Halliwell, Senior Vice President, North America Healthcare - Cloud Infrastructure & Technology, Oracle

- Sindhu Pandit, MD, MBA, Global Healthcare Strategy and Innovation Lead, Salesforce

Fireside chat:

- Elizabeth Boudreau, International Head of Strategy and Healthcare Workforce, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

- Chris Gibbons, M.D., Interim Executive Director, NHIT

The healthcare industry is far from achieving racial health equity, according to a new report from Accenture. But it could be. Implicit bias, patient trust, care access barriers, unequal healthcare quality and patient experience, and disparities in R&D and clinical practices are barriers to health equity. Join us for this two-part panel session exploring the roles of government leaders and their private sector counterparts in private-public partnerships striving to realign the healthcare system.

Moderators:

- Chris Gibbons, MD, MPH, Interim Executive Director, NHIT

- Michael 'MJ' Jackson, VP, Industry Ecosystems, DocuSign

Speakers:

- Mark Colon, Director, Office of Public Engagement, US Department of Commerce,

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

- Aneesh Chopra, President and Founder, Care Journey, former US Chief Technology Officer

- Chemu Langat, Chief Operating Officer, Best Buy Health

- Darryl Morin, President & CEO at Advanced Wireless, Inc. and President, Forward Latino 

- Andrey Ostrovsky, Managing Partner, Social Innovation Ventures (and former Chief Medical Officer of US Medicaid Program)

- Stephanie Pugliese, Director, Office of eHealth Innovation, Colorado Office of Lieutenant Governor

- Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., M.P.P., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

- Brandon Wilson, Managing Director, Veterans Services of the Carolinas and Chair, Dept Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans

The Health Equity Innovation Showcase will honor tech innovators and healthcare system leaders advancing innovation in their community and fostering meaningful change at the systems level. We'll feature overviews and demonstrations of real-world industry solutions, customer successes, use cases, and actionable strategies for delivering on the promise of an equitable healthcare ecosystem.

Speakers:

- Michael ‘MJ’ Jackson, Vice President, Industry Ecosystems, DocuSign

- Michael Penn MD, PhD, Interim Director of Health Equity & Innovation, Startup Health

- Jessica Thurmond, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Athelo Health

- Christina Wong, Head of Healthcare, Life Sciences & Payers Product Marketing, DocuSign

- Brandon Wilson, Managing Director; Veterans Services of the Carolinas; and Chair, Dept. Veterans Affairs - Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans

- Joerg Schwarz, Senior Director, Industry Strategy & Solutions, Healthcare Interoperability, Infor Cloverleaf

- Nicole Cook, Founder and CEO, Alvee

- Adam Glasofer, M.D., MSHI, Global Head of Healthcare - Public Sector Venture Capital and Startups, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

- Abner Mason, Founder / CEO, Samesky Health

Many studies have shown that eliminating disparities in health outcomes could yield vast economic and social benefits in terms of lower health-care costs, longer and healthier lives, and increased productivity and living standards. Increasingly payers, providers, and other participants in the health-care system agree that promoting health equity is a critically important goal. Yet because it can be difficult to prove that health equity initiatives will deliver a positive return on investment (ROI) to the organizations undertaking them, many promising initiatives go unfunded. Some health equity advocates suggest that health-care organizations should set aside considerations of ROI altogether and address health equity out of a sense of social obligation. While this argument has an undeniable moral appeal, it alone is unlikely to persuade most organizations to make large-scale investments in health equity. There also needs to be a compelling business case for doing so.

Moderator:

Fatima Paruk, M.D., SVP, Chief Health Officer, Salesforce

Speakers:

Fadesola Adetosoye, Associate Expert Partner, McKinsey & Company

Elizabeth Boudreau, International Head of Strategy and Healthcare Workforce, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Fritz Desir, Founding Partner, Chief Experience Officer, AWSM Venture Studio

Eileen Tanghal, Founder and Managing Director, Black Opal Ventures