mHealth Intelligence September 24, 2021
Eric Wicklund

A new effort by several large corporations to address access and health equity issues among Black Americans will include telehealth and mHealth services.

Telehealth and mHealth services will figure prominently in a recently announced project by several large corporations to create a healthcare platform directed at the Black community.

Doctor On Demand, Grand Rounds Health and Medtronic are joining Walmart, Target, Best Buy, State Farm, Genentech and Accenture – all members of the Black Community Innovation Coalition – to create a “dedicated care concierge and healthcare navigation platform” aimed at reducing barriers to care access and boosting health equity among Black Americans.

“Health disparities in the Black community have been a known problem for decades, and the...

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Topics: Digital Health, Equity/SDOH, Health IT, Healthcare System, mHealth, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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