Our Work

Comprehensive cross sector solutions with longstanding impact

DHEX brings together the brightest global leaders to address the most pressing challenges at the intersection of digital and conventional health and offer transformational solutions to address the opportunities and challenges to transform healthcare for all, especially the most vulnerable. These leaders will help inform DHEX’s strategic priorities, programs, and events.

At the heart of our work is the notion that everyone desires high-quality healthcare and an understanding that digital health technology is a critical catalyst to the future of healthcare. DHEX will collaborate with leaders across sectors to formulate solutions to ensure we have the requisite social, physical, health, digital, and economic infrastructure to promote digital health technology access, understanding, and adoption.

DHEX carefully identifies a select number of initiatives that spur long-term impact and to help our healthcare system live up to its promise. DHEX strategic priorities and initiatives are guided by the expertise of our Board Members. Through our initiatives, we enlist leaders from a wide range of stakeholder groups, including government and association policymakers; health care providers; public and private payor organizations; drug and device manufacturers; Internet Service Providers, patient and community advocacy groups; academia; and funders to help us solve longstanding challenges at the intersection of digital and conventional health.

Initiatives

 

  • The United States health care system is at an inflection point. New models of care and digital technologies are ushering in innovative approaches to deliver accessible and affordable care for all communities. Telehealth, artificial intelligence, wearables, sensors and other technologies continue to function as indispensable tools to augment how care is delivered inside and outside of the four walls of healthcare facilities. Despite the positive benefits of technology, critical questions remain regarding the current and future role of payment models to support the fair distribution and use of digital health technologies.

    The workgroup led by the Co-Chairs will identify and develop solutions to help recommend payment models that facilitate digital health technology access, understanding, and adoption for the most vulnerable.

  • Technology companies often design solutions that solve a problem without fully considering the needs and desires of the patients and communities. Some experts speculate that the lack of patient and community involvement in the technology development process is contributing to low product adoption and engagement. This presents a significant opportunity for digital health leaders to reimagine the technology development process and how to optimize digital health engagement for all communities.

    The workgroup led by the Co-Chairs will identify and develop solutions to strengthen digital health skill sets, knowledge, understanding, while fostering partnerships and relationships between patients, communities, and the digital health ecosystem to enhance engagement and collaboration.

  • Access to capital is one of the primary drivers to supporting entrepreneurs that are developing solutions to help communities lead healthier lifestyles, especially the most vulnerable. Unfortunately, accessing capital remains a challenge for underrepresented entrepreneurs. The challenge necessitates holistic support, comprehensive resources, and a nurturing ecosystem that cultivates innovative solutions to ensure underrepresented entrepreneurs have access to capital to grow their enterprise successfully and sustainably. We believe that enhancing access to capital for underrepresented entrepreneurs will foster more digital health technologies to help vulnerable communities manage their health and wellbeing.

    The workgroup led by the Co-Chairs will identify and develop approaches to enhance access to capital for underrepresented entrepreneurs, while helping develop a digital health investment ecosystem that supports scalable and sustainable growth.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most talked about innovations in healthcare. The potential of AI in healthcare is significant and undeniable. Today, AI is being used throughout the healthcare ecosystem, including but not limited to, diagnostics, precision medicine, imaging, drug discovery and development, and health administration and operations. Despite AI’s vast potential, significant questions, challenges, and knowledge gaps remain.

    The workgroup led by the Co-Chairs will identify and develop solutions to ensure the effective, safe, and fair distribution of AI models and tools.

 

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We provide a platform for the brightest leaders and doers to solve complex challenges at the intersection of digital and conventional health to improve the health and wellbeing of all communities, especially the most vulnerable.