Innovating Through COVID-19: A New Normal in Digital Health Solutions

This discussion is the third in a four-part COVID-19 and the Acceleration of Digital Health webinar series featuring thought leadership from the HIMSS Digital Influencers.

The first discussion in this series, COVID-19 & The New Healthcare Journey: Meeting Patients, Consumers Where They Are takes a 360 degree look at the lasting impact the virus will have on how people experience and what society expects from the healthcare system moving forward.

The second discussion in this series, COVID-19 and the Continuum of Care: Calls to Action for Health Leaders, explores major considerations for health service providers to properly pivot and lead amid a stressed and evolving health ecosystem.

Given these paradigm shifts, digital health solution innovators become even more vital partners in helping providers deliver meaningful care experiences – to consumers, patients, health workers, other health systems alike.

So, what does a new normal in digital health solutions and innovation look like during and after COVID-19?

A full stack of health innovators, advisors and entrepreneurs in Chrissa McFarlane, Jen Horonjeff, PhD, Justin Gernot and Matthew Fisher will discuss opportunities and required considerations for solutions designers to lead with empathy and purpose through and beyond the pandemic.

Learning objectives:

Discuss current, future state of digital health technology culture as society reckons with injustice, inequity and health crisis
Understand the imperative of getting diverse user feedback on digital health solutions in order to create the most inclusive health innovations
Identify and explore regulations, policy that help streamline digital health innovation
Explore new opportunities for data and analytics to democratize insight, information between digital health companies and their care partners

Chrissa McFarlane

Founder and CEO
Patientory, Inc.

Bio info: Named as one of the top women, “leaving their mark on the MedTech field in health IT,” by Becker’s Hospital...

Named as one of the top women, “leaving their mark on the MedTech field in health IT,” by Becker’s Hospital Review, Chrissa McFarlane is the Founder and CEO of Patientory, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta. McFarlane founded Patientory in December 2015 after seeing the need in the market for more personalized and secure consumer-driven health information management solutions.

Chrissa aims to disrupt the status quo in the world of female minority entrepreneurship. Her latest book Future Women is part of her initiative to empower and create a new story for minority women.

Aside from giving minority women a leg up in their business journey, Chrissa is passionate about transforming healthcare delivery and creating cutting-edge healthcare products.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissamcfarlane/

Jen Horonjeff, PhD

Founder & CEO
Savvy Cooperative

Bio info: Jen Horonjeff, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Savvy Cooperative, the first and only patient-owned public benefit...

Jen Horonjeff, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Savvy Cooperative, the first and only patient-owned public benefit co-op that helps innovators connect directly with diverse patients in order to get the insights they need to build better and more inclusive healthcare solutions. Jen was named one of the 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs of 2018 by Entrepreneur Magazine, alongside Elon Musk and Chance the Rapper. Jen is deeply committed to human-centered design in healthcare, and has firsthand knowledge as both a patient and professional; she is a chronic illness patient, health outcomes researcher, human factors engineer and FDA advisor.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenhoronjeff/

Justin Gernot

Vice President
Healthbox

Bio info: Justin Gernot leads business development for Healthbox and shares responsibilities for general management and...

Justin Gernot leads business development for Healthbox and shares responsibilities for general management and services delivery. Prior to joining Healthbox, Justin held sales and management roles with GE Healthcare, Sg2, Intuitive Surgical, and Dell EMC, where he introduced new clinical technologies, engaged provider leaders to create new service lines, and led the commercial efforts around new clinical, business and IT strategies. Justin holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and MBA from the Kellogg School of Management with concentrations in Finance and Marketing.

Matthew Fisher

Partner & Chair of Health Law Group
Mirick O'Connell

Bio info: Matt is the Chair of the Health Law Group and Partner at the law firm of Mirick O’Connell in Massachusetts. Matt...

Matt is the Chair of the Health Law Group and Partner at the law firm of Mirick O’Connell in Massachusetts. Matt works with clients on all levels of corporate and regulatory matters in the healthcare industry. Matt’s advice often consists of helping clients work their way through the maze of regulations and considerations in healthcare while considering how best to implement concepts. Matt works with digital health companies, consultants, and all manner of care delivery organizations.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewreidfisher/