health equity

A healthcare provider in a lab coat with a stethoscope around their neck sitting at a desk looking at a computer and waving
By  Jessica Hagen 12:52 pm September 7, 2023
Google's video platform YouTube announced today it is launching two new initiatives for healthcare content creators: AI-enabled Aloud, which dubs videos in various languages, and THE-IQ Creator Program, which expands upon the Tackling Health Equity Through Information Quality program, established last year.  THE-IQ program aimed to present videos with diverse perspectives and health information...
Dr. Jay Bhatt, practicing geriatrician and managing director of the Center for Health Solutions and Health Equity Institute at Deloitte
By  Jessica Hagen 02:12 pm May 26, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted disparities in healthcare throughout the U.S. over the past several years. Now, with the rise of AI, experts are warning developers to remain cautious while implementing models to ensure those inequities are not exacerbated.  Dr. Jay Bhatt, practicing geriatrician and managing director of the Center for Health Solutions and Health Equity Institute at Deloitte,...
HIMSS23 Panel
By  Jessica Hagen 04:26 pm April 18, 2023
CHICAGO – At a panel discussion at the HIMSS Global Conference on Tuesday, panelists highlighted the importance of minority and historically marginalized populations having a seat at the table during any decision-making process to improve health equity by using technology.  "Some have said technology can be the great equalizer in medicine by improving access to care for some historically...
Person on phone
By  Laura Lovett 02:42 pm March 4, 2022
Yelp reviews of health providers could be a key to identifying patterns of discrimination in healthcare settings, according to a new JAMA investigation.  Complaints about an individual actor were the most common, followed by reports of institutional racism. Researchers also found that about half of the complaints involved clinical spaces.  "This exploratory qualitative content analysis of...
An old-timey microphone and radio setup represent our weekly digital health podcast
By  MobiHealthNews 10:57 am November 19, 2021
In the second episode of "Industry Voices", we talk to a range of healthcare changemakers encountered at HLTH in Boston last month about health equity. Is the industry's attitude toward this important topic changing? Is it changing fast enough? And what steps and attitudes will be necessary to make the future of healthcare an inherently equitable one? This episode features the voices of Cityblock...
Patient uses digital to explain to patient
By  Laura Lovett 01:24 pm September 7, 2021
Conversations regarding health equity are sprouting up all over the medical community in light of the disparities in COVID-19 outcomes, but there are still a lot of misconceptions about the topic.   “I think that some of the orthodoxies we have about health equity we need to debunk. One of them, especially in this highly polarized political environment that we are living with, is that health...
Advancing Equity Through Primary Care and Digital Health Tools session at HIMSS21.
By  Mallory Hackett 09:27 pm August 9, 2021
It’s been well established that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption and use of digital health tools. But now, stakeholders must figure out just how to take that increased utilization to address issues in healthcare, namely equity and accessibility. To help answer these questions, the Morehouse School of Medicine teamed up with United Health Foundation Partners to conduct the Digital...
two women reviewing data on a computer
By  Mallory Hackett 12:06 pm April 15, 2021
A new health equity initiative from Fitbit is aiming to put research tools into the hands of traditionally underrepresented early career researchers to empower investigations into health disparities. Announced this week, the Health Equity Research Initiative will award up to $500,000 in Fitbit products and services to researchers looking specifically at health inequalities in underserved...
By  Mallory Hackett 02:16 pm March 11, 2021
Today the employer-based family-benefits platform Cleo announced a slew of new product features aimed at helping working Black and BIPOC-identifying families navigate today’s healthcare system. Discrimination based on race is nothing new in healthcare, but the pandemic laid bare just how much race impacts a person’s health outcomes. In fact, Black and African American individuals are 1.1 times...
A family consulting with their doctor virtually
By  Ian Chiang and Poorwa Godbole 11:03 am November 6, 2020
About the Authors: Ian Chiang is a principal at Flare Capital Partners, a healthcare technology and services-focused VC firm. Prior to joining Flare, he was the SVP of product and innovation and a founding member of Cigna’s CareAllies. Previously, he was a digital health entrepreneur and a former management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Poorwa Godbole is an MBA candidate at the Wharton...