HealthIT Answers March 15, 2021
By Elizabeth Marshall, MD, MBA, Linguamatics, an IQVIA company
The current pandemic has highlighted enduring health inequities that are contributing to higher COVID-19 infection and survival rates among certain populations. Lower-income individuals, people of color, and those without ready-access to healthcare, healthy foods, and adequate medication have disproportionately suffered severe health complications and death from COVID-19.
The health crisis also spurred an economic downturn that drove unemployment rates as high as 14.7% in April 2020 and created a desperate situation for millions who lost both their incomes and health insurance. With the increased number of potentially vulnerable individuals, healthcare leaders committed to the health and wellness of their patient populations must take measures to identify those at risk for poorer...