Health Equity

Can LLMs based NLP tools aid better care coordination and informed decision-making for patients residing in healthcare deserts? How can NLP technologies incorporate cultural sensitivity into healthcare practices while serving diverse, multilingual and underprivileged communities? Access to quality healthcare is a fundamental right for every individual, yet underprivileged communities and…

(Note: we’d like to remind our readers that the lives and safety of women and LGBTQ+ individuals are at stake in a way that cisgender, straight men’s lives are not. We usually focus on gender bias and its specific effects on women and our healthcare system. …

1. Miami-Dade County: Certain neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County, such as parts of Liberty City and Opa-Locka, have been characterized as food swamps due to the abundance of fast food restaurants, convenience stores, and limited access to fresh and nutritious food. …

Affirmative action in Medicine has been a point of controversy for many years. While some argue that affirmative action leads to “reverse discrimination,” others believe it is necessary to address inequalities in the healthcare field. One argument favoring affirmative action is that it ensures a diverse group of healthcare professionals…

A food desert is defined by a lack of availability; in an area designated as a food desert, there aren’t any options for fresh food. But there is some fresh food in a food swamp — but the number of unhealthy options drowns it out. In these areas, there may…

Founder Yusuf Henriques and Chief Scientific Officer Bradford Wilson, PhD, have combined their experience at the FDA, in the military, and in academia to drive the development of therapeutics that are effective in underrepresented populations. — Challenge While COVID-19 was devastating across the globe, it was particularly damaging for communities of color. African American, Latino, and Native American populations experienced disproportionately higher rates of infection and death than their European-American counterparts during the pandemic. This was in part due to underlying inequities in healthcare and increased exposure…

Health equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. Achieving health equity requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and…

The seed funding expands the StartUp Health portfolio company’s care navigation software and partnerships with a focus on addressing social determinants of health with cultural competency. — Pear Suite, a StartUp Health portfolio company working to empower community health workers and better address the social determinants of health (SDOH), announced the closing of $2.5M in seed funding. The funding will enable the Honolulu, HI-based company to support community health workers to better act on SDOH data as…

What is a Food Swamp? Food Swamps are areas with a high density of establishments selling high-calorie fast food and junk food relative to healthier food options. How to calculate a traditional Food Swamp: Standard Retail Food Environment Index: Fast Food/Limited Service Establishment + Convenience Stores Grocery Stores/Supermarkets Food Swamps…