Hidden Architects of Care: The Role of APPs in Healthcare Informatics

As healthcare rapidly evolves, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) step into increasingly pivotal roles, driving safe, efficient, and equitable care across clinical settings. Yet as digital health accelerates, APPs encounter barriers limiting their potential, including gaps in development opportunities and underrepresentation in governance structures and leadership roles. This session explores current and emerging APP contributions, uncovers systemic and digital-age challenges they face, and examines how these obstacles impact care delivery. Participants leave equipped with practical, actionable strategies to elevate APPs within digital health innovation, strengthen interprofessional collaboration, and foster meaningful mentorship pathways. Attendees learn how empowering APPs strengthens teams, enhances patient outcomes, and shapes the future of digital healthcare.