Our Work

Advancing Responsible Innovation for Lasting Impact

Digital HealthEX (DHEX) advances responsible innovation to improve health outcomes, strengthen communities, and expand opportunity.

Working across healthcare, public health, workforce development, technology, and community engagement, we help organizations and communities harness artificial intelligence and emerging innovations to address real-world challenges and create lasting impact.

Through research, education, workforce initiatives, demonstration projects, strategic partnerships, and policy leadership, we turn innovation into practical solutions that improve lives and strengthen systems.

Our work is guided by a simple principle: innovation should serve people. By building trust, advancing responsible governance, and strengthening community and organizational readiness, we help ensure the benefits of innovation are broadly shared.

We are especially committed to supporting rural, vulnerable, and medically underserved populations to participate in and benefit from the future of healthcare innovation.

Together, we are building a future where responsible innovation drives stronger communities, better health, and greater opportunity for all.

Strategic Initiatives

 

Digital HealthEX’s strategic initiatives advance responsible innovation to improve health outcomes, strengthen communities, and expand opportunity.

These initiatives bring together leaders from healthcare, public health, technology, government, academia, industry, philanthropy, and community organizations to address key challenges and opportunities shaping the future of health and healthcare.

Focused on trust, workforce readiness, research, and governance, each initiative is designed to deliver measurable impact, particularly for rural, vulnerable, and medically underserved populations.

Each initiative is led by volunteer co-chairs and supported by a multidisciplinary workgroup that identifies priorities, develops recommendations, advances projects, and drives impact

  • 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.

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