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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

Alok Mandal, Head of Healthcare Consulting, Virtusa Massive disparities continue to plague healthcare in the United States. Health equity allows people to lead active and productive lives, reduces the healthcare burden on the government, and contributes to economic growth. And only 25% of U.S.

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Genentech’s Look Into the Mirror of Health Inequities

Health Populi

’ So, we undertook a landmark study to elevate the perspectives of these medically disenfranchised individuals and reveal how this long-standing inequity impacts their relationships with the healthcare system as a whole.” They found that, Patients do not believe that all are treated fairly and equally in healthcare.