HHS Innovation Strategy Discussed: Expert Joins MedCity INVEST
HHS Health IT Innovation Exec Joins INVEST Agenda at Critical Time for the Department
Summary
Stephen Konya of ASTP will speak on the challenges of health IT innovation and interoperability at the federal level. The event will focus on AI approaches and public-private partnerships.
Details
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is facing substantial workforce cuts across departments like FDA and CDC due to budget reductions, raising questions about its strategy for advancing health tech innovation and interoperability. In response, Stephen Konya, Chief of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at ASTP, will participate in the MedCity INVEST conference. He will discuss various approaches and levers deployed to support innovation and highlight the role of public-private partnerships. Konya serves as a primary liaison to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and leads the Digital Health Innovation Workgroup under the Federal Health IT Coordinating Council, an interagency collaboration community involving 40 federal agencies. His background includes co-founding CancerX and leading projects such as the HHS Pandemic X Innovation Accelerator, the national Health IT Playbook, and the FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST) Initiative. The conference agenda also includes panel discussions on AI in healthcare, health systems strategic plans, and a Pitch Perfect contest for life science startups.
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