Innovating for Access: Real-World Strategies Advancing Healthcare System Resilience

This panel highlights how applied innovation can drive scalable, sustainable improvements in health outcomes by addressing upstream barriers to care referred to as social determinants of health. Drawing from work in veteran services, cancer care, broadband expansion and digital literacy, the session presents real-world strategies that integrate technology, policy and human-centered design. Panelists from academia, the nonprofit sector and digital health startups will share how their initiatives improve infrastructure, care coordination and patient engagement, offering actionable solutions to persistent system gaps.