Fierce Healthcare March 28, 2024
Anastassia Gliadkovskaya

Three-quarters of polled health equity executives expect their area of expertise to become a greater priority over the coming year, a new EY report has found.

Ernst & Young’s second annual health equity outlook report reached 500 health equity leaders from provider, payer, life sciences, government and nonprofit and community organizations in January 2024. Though health equity efforts are maturing, data and analytics capabilities remain a major hurdle to scaling, the firm found.

Health equity strategy development is a high priority for a third of organizations, with a focus on healthcare access and quality and narrowing disparity gaps. That could include things like addressing language barriers, expanding insurance coverage, strengthening community partnerships and culturally tailoring services.

“Those are very...

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