Health Equity

Since 97% of American adults have a cell phone, keeping in contact is a good way to intervene in health issues and lower disparities, says Marci Bennafield, clinical instructor at Georgia State University's health informatics program.

Elise Kohl-Grant, co-chair of the programming committee at the HIMSS New York State Chapter, says the group is incorporating the patient perspective to see how individuals are engaging with their care.

Dr. Michael Poku, chief clinical officer at Equality Health, talks how providers can work on costs of health inequities, the benefits of investment in independent primary care physicians, and tech needed to successfully tackle inequity.

At a Global Health Equity Week panel on AI and health equity, Dr. Chris Gibbons, founder and CEO of The Greystone Group, points out that eliminating bias in AI algorithm and technology design will support health equity work.

Martin Mendoza, director of health equity for NIH's All of Us Research Program, describes the programs goals and objectives and how it is achieving its mission of health equity and inclusion in research.

Jaha Cummings, Blanchard House Institute founder, and Christopher Kunney, managing partner of IOTech Consulting and Blanchard House Institute advisor, discuss how Tuskegee University is educating new clinicians to serve the community.

Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia talks about exciting developments in AI and machine learning models that might lead to faster detection of breast and pancreatic cancer and improved outcomes for patients.

Micky Tripathi, national coordinator for health IT, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), talks about the need for data interoperability and transparency in ONC’s human services work.

As a starting point, plans can collect information on race and ethnicity from their members, says Leah Dewey, vice president of clinical and consumer engagement operations at Cotiviti.

From the first human implantation of a cardiac defibrillator to the invention of a more efficient surgical technique that reduces postoperative complications, Black Americans have made many valuable contributions to healthcare.

The HEI is to incentivize contracts for plans to perform better for socially at-risk beneficiaries, says Christie Teigland, vice president of research science and advanced analytics at Inovalon.

Lynn Carroll, COO of HSBlox, discusses the role of AI and machine learning to target the most vulnerable individuals and enterprise-level capabilities required for critical inputs into SDOH and other core processes.