Forbes October 31, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the shortcomings of our healthcare systems and, unfortunately, its consequences have disproportionately befallen the poverty-stricken. As the wardens of public health seek to optimize health outcomes across the board, we must reflect on the arsenal of tools at our disposal and give considered eye to solutions for the disadvantaged. In refashioning our healthcare in the aftermath of this crisis, we face an opportunity to ensure that elements that solve for the social determinants of healthcare are acknowledged, and the vulnerable are no longer left behind. Healthcare solutions must increasingly be patient-centric, ensuring that the barriers to good health are minimized and care is effectively brought to those who need it; one such solution is the...