There’s a national push to improve health equity across healthcare, a movement which includes hospitals, payers, pharma and tech.

This month, Humana and University of Louisville agreed to a partnership to promote health equity and improve health outcomes for underserved communities through the university’s Health Equity Innovation Hub. Nemours Children’s appointed a Health Equity Officer to focus on health equity strategy and diversity, equity and inclusion

Health equity will be one topic of conversation at the upcoming MedCity INVEST conference scheduled for March 28-30 at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Chicago as we begin to return to in-person events. The conference attracts traditional and strategic investors and healthcare executives across providers, payers, big tech, medtech and startups with compelling content and networking opportunities. The event is held in collaboration with Mid-America Healthcare Investors Network (MHIN).

There will also be a pitch contest across four categories: PharmaTech, care coordination and value-based care, remote patient monitoring and smart devices, and diagnostics 2.0. Networking opportunities will also be an important part of the conference.

To view the full agenda, click here.

Here’s a closer look at the health equity panel discussion, which is set to take place on Wednesday March 30 at 10am Central Time.

3 Factors key to improving health equity – data, interoperability and collaboration

We cannot improve what we cannot measure objectively. Information doesn’t become insight unless it is shared broadly. Deep problems cannot be solved with a go-it-alone attitude. Solving health inequity requires all of the above. Learn from a diverse panel of state officials, data experts, community organizations and others about how to attack these entrenched problems.

Speakers:

• Veneeth Iyengar, Executive Director for Broadband Development and Connectivity, State of Louisiana (moderator)
• Michael Hochman, MD, CEO, Healthcare in Action Medical Group
• Snezana Mahon, Chief Operating Officer, Transcarent
• Kevin Mahoney, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine)
• Dianne Munevar, Senior Director, Health Care Strategy, NORC at the University of Chicago

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