Morning Keynote
Dr. Madeline R. Sterling
"From Data to Action: Understanding and Improving Information Transfer from Hospital to Home Health—and Back to Primary Care."
Dr. Sterling is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Director of the Initiative on Home Care Work at Cornell University. She is a nationally recognized leader in health services research focused on home healthcare, care delivery models, and the intersection of workforce, technology, and patient outcomes. Her work brings a critical, real‑world lens to how research can inform policy and practice across home health and hospice settings.
In her keynote, Dr. Sterling will share research-driven insights relevant to the full spectrum of H3IT stakeholders—researchers, providers, payers, technology partners, and policymakers—highlighting emerging challenges and opportunities in home-based care.
Industry Lunch Keynote
Ben Richard
"Confronting the Interoperability Crisis in Home Health and Hospice."
Ben Richard is a healthcare technology executive and CIO with deep experience leading IT, cybersecurity, analytics, and digital transformation across home health, hospice, and broader healthcare organizations. He has led large-scale modernization efforts including cloud transformation, enterprise security programs, EMR and ERP implementations, data platforms, and practical AI initiatives designed to improve operational performance while supporting clinicians in the field. Ben is passionate about making technology simpler, safer, and more useful for care teams, and focuses on aligning IT strategy with the real-world needs of patients, clinicians, operators, and executive leadership.
In his keynote, Ben will connect technical barriers to their downstream effects on patient care, operational efficiency, and industry growth, and will challenge academics, operators, and vendors to consider what a connected HH/H ecosystem would require and what continued inaction will cost.
Research Steering Committee (RSC)
RSC monitors and identifies the existing and emerging research directions to ensure that the solicited and accepted submissions are aligned with the relevant, significant, and impactful themes and topics in home healthcare, hospice, and information technology.
Health IT Expert Panel
H3IT community formed an expert IT panel making recommendations on effective and efficient IT adoption.
