How Technology Can Help Us Achieve Health Equity

There has been an incredible rise in technological advancements in the world of healthcare recently due to our sudden need for everything to be digital when COVID hit. While the cases of COVID have gone down and we’ve settled into a new normal, that isn’t the only crisis that we need a tech fix too. We need to start searching for how we can use technology, new or old, to fix health inequality and discrimination. We reached out to our beautiful Healthcare IT Today Community to get their insights on the role technology can play in working towards health equity. The following is what they had to say and be sure to check out our previous look at Data’s Role in Health Equity. Gary Hamilton, CEO at InteliChart To make meaningful progress on health equity, hospitals and health systems will first need to identify existing barriers to care that impact their own patient populations. New legislation will require organizations to document how they screen patients for social determinants of health, analyze patient data, and address healthcare disparities. When selecting patient-facing digital tools, health systems should evaluate platforms on their ability to engage all patient populations. Well-designed technology should enable access to all individuals, regardless of their location, socioeconomic status, native language, or internet connectivity. Remote monitoring tools that encourage shared decision-making and goal-centered patient engagement in the care delivery proc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Regulations Alex Rothberg Andrew Kobylinski Ben Zaniello MD Bronwyn Spira Cardio Diagnosti Source Type: blogs