Health Equity (145)

Post-pandemic health equity can be fueled by investments in social work and technologies that make resources accessible to all people, says Felisha Norrington, director of academic assistance at GSU's College of Nursing and Health Professions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Blanchard House Institute founder Jaha Cummings and Christopher Kunney, managing partner of IOTech Consulting and Blanchard House Institute advisor, talk about allaying locals’ skepticism about healthcare in light of the Tuskegee experiments.