As a term, health equity is broad. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as a society we’ll achieve health equity “when everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.”
For this to happen, many items need to fall into place to make this a reality. While ambitious, we at JLI share the vision. One of our largest aims is to demonstrate the potential mobile technologies and data offers societies for better health coverage.
If you have an idea for collaboration or share our vision, we’re happy to hear from you.
Health Equity: What It Means and Why It Matters
If you’re noticing that the phrase “health equity” is in the news, it’s because COVID-19 and other issues have sharpened the focus on longstanding systemic health and social inequities that have put many racial and ethnic minority groups at higher risk for getting sick and dying. Our Yale Medicine p…