Invisible but Critical: Data Governance in Digital Health Practice

As healthcare becomes increasingly data-driven, understanding how data is governed is critical. This session explores how governance shapes tools, insights, and decisions, and how early career professionals can engage confidently.

Learning Objectives

• Define key data governance concepts and their role in digital health systems.
• Explain how data governance impacts the reliability of analytics, tools, and decision-making in healthcare.
• Identify risks associated with poorly governed data and where they appear in practice.
• Apply basic data governance principles to engage more confidently with data in their roles.

Speakers

• Joseph C. Brown DHA, CHDA, Dept. Chair: Allied Health and Health Information Management, Davenport University
• Timileyin Omolayo Oni B.Pharm, MHI, Member, HIMSS Professional Development Committee
• Brian Silverstein, M.D., Chief Population Health Officer, Innovaccer, San Francisco, CA
• Anna Taylor, AVP Population Health and Value Based Care, MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, WA

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