Employee Benefit News October 14, 2021
Paola Peralta

The first step in creating an equitable healthcare system is to recognize that the current one isn’t.

Grand Rounds Health and Doctor On Demand, a leader in virtual care, recently launched a solution meant to help remove barriers to care for the Black community. The Black Community Innovation Coalition is made up of global and Fortune 500 companies, such as Accenture, State Farm, Target and Walmart. Through the coalition, the providers will offer to employers a dedicated service and platform focused primarily on improving the healthcare experience for Black Americans .

“Our mission is to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone — and we’re pretty serious about the ‘everyone’ part,” says Dr. Ian Tong, chief medical officer at Doctor...

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