CareMessage, a patient activation platform for underserved individuals, launched AI Assistant, a tool aimed at interpreting and analyzing patient responses into structured data and more ably finding responses that address patient needs, including food insecurity or transportation barriers.
Besides removing critical barriers to patient communication, CareMessage's AI may also save customers money...
ORLANDO – During a fireside chat style discussion at HIMSS24 on Wednesday, "Achieving Equity through Coordinated Healthcare," experts discussed how exchanging health information can bridge gaps in health equity and the innovations transforming healthcare access.
Michael Jackson, VP and global head of industries at DocuSign. moderated a discussion with Luis Belen, CEO of the National Health IT...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
