Fierce Health Payers August 12, 2021
LAS VEGAS—The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on existing healthcare disparities, but, in communities throughout the U.S., public health leaders have been trying to tackle systemic inequities for years with limited success.
“We have operated in siloes for far too long. What COVID taught us is we have to work collaboratively, together, all of us playing nicely in the sandbox with one mission: making sure lives are protected,” said Denise Fair, chief public health officer at the Detroit Health Department.
“Enough is enough. We are tired of having the same conversation about barriers,” Fair said during a “view from the top” panel discussion Tuesday at the 2021 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Global Conference.
COVID-19 “exposed the wounds...
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