health equity
Morehouse School of Medicine's Jasmine Agnew, the Master of Science in Health Informatics Program director, explains how IT instruction there incorporates cultural competencies that are key to acting on SDOH data.
Allison Viola, Senior Advisor for Health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, explains that collected data is at times neither accurate and nor representative of racial information or demographics.
The pandemic and civil unrest in 2020 shined light on healthcare disparities, says Jasmaine McClain, principal of the Health Equity Alliance at the Health Management Academy, who discusses if companies' announced efforts to combat inequities are enough.
Nicholas Christiano Jr. and Iris Frye, co-chairs of Health Equity Policy Task Force under the HIMSS Public Policy Committee, talk about the parts played by technology, clinicians and pharmacies in coping with the social determinants of health.
IQ Solutions' communications VP Kimberly Brock explains how the public health company helps nonprofits and federal agencies grow access to care.
Shreesh Tiwari, a veteran healthcare executive, says that health equity is as much a financial issue as a social one.
Pivot Point Consulting SVP of Strategy Laura Kreofsky discusses the shift toward healthcare consumerism and how retailers moving into the healthcare space could improve health equity for underserved populations.
Analytics can improve social determinants of health, health equity and value-based care efforts, says Dr. Mike Dulin, chief medical officer at Gray Matter Analytics and a professor at UNC Charlotte.
HIMSS21
Telehealth can reach underserved communities, but there are barriers. A concerted effort is needed to increase its adoption and efficacy in a post-pandemic world, explain HIMSS' Rob Havasy and Kerry Amato.
Passive systemic changes and representative user groups will play a role in making sure virtual care works for everyone, The Greystone Group's Chris Gibbons explains in this episode of the Virtual Care Paradigm.