Invisible Architects: How APPs Are Shaping the Future of Digital Health
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During the July HIMSS TIGER Global Community Meeting, Rhiannon Doherty, DHA, APRN, CHCIO, Director of Usability & Clinical Optimization, and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will discuss how Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are increasingly central to the delivery of safe, efficient, and equitable care—but they remain underrepresented in the digital spaces shaping that care. This talk challenges the traditional boundaries of informatics leadership by spotlighting how APPs are already driving innovation in clinical decision support, data validation, and digital workflow redesign—often informally and invisibly. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of the systemic barriers APPs face in health IT, and actionable strategies for bringing their insight into algorithmic governance, digital equity, and interdisciplinary design
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the current and emerging roles of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) in healthcare informatics and data analytics, including contributions to clinical decision support, workflow redesign, and digital health transformation.
- Analyze the barriers that limit APP engagement in informatics leadership, including workforce development gaps, credentialing biases, and exclusion from governance models.
- Discuss potential actionable strategies that HIMSS and TIGER can do to elevate APPs as key stakeholders in digital health innovation, including inclusive participation pathways, interprofessional collaboration, and mentorship.
Speaker:
- Rhiannon Doherty, DHA, APRN, CHCIO, Director of Usability & Clinical Optimization, and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
HIMSS TIGER Global Community Co-Chairs:
- Gabriela Wilson, PhD, MSc, FHIMSS, FIAHSI, SNAI
- Patricia MacTaggart, MBA, MMA, CAHIMS
HIMSS TIGER Global Community Liaisons:
- Vibhor Mathur – LTPAC Committee
- Shareefa Abdula- Physician Committee
- Tiffiny Shockley- DDoH Task Force
- Stephan Schug- Interoperability Committee.
- Mayfair Afiah Aboagyewah – NI Committee.
- Tony Black – Cybersecurity Committee.