LGBTQ+ healthcare

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Digital health industry sees growing focus on LGBTQ+ health

By Mallory Hackett 12:10 pm June 29, 2021

A new market segment is emerging in digital health with the aim of making healthcare more inclusive and accessible for a traditionally overlooked population: the LGBTQ+ community. Prior to 2020, there weren’t any digital health companies in the U.S. exclusively focused on serving LGBTQ+ individuals that were backed by investors, according to Rock Health. That year, LGBTQ+ health startups came out...

Medical education could help solve disparities in LGBTQ+ healthcare

By Mallory Hackett 03:22 pm June 24, 2021

With the rising visibility of the LGBTQ+ community this pride month and beyond, it might seem as though this historically underserved and discriminated-against group has overcome most of its obstacles. From the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S. to last year’s SCOTUS decision that protected employees against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or...