Using Technology to Advance Health Equity at the Community Level

In this powerful piece, Dr. Tim McDonald and Melanie Thomas tackle one of healthcare’s most urgent truths: patient safety and health equity cannot be separated. They reveal how medical harm disproportionately affects marginalized communities, why critical social and communication barriers continue to put certain patients at greater risk and how disconnected data keeps organizations from seeing the full picture.

The authors break down the new national measures redefining expectations for safety and equity and show how connected, transparent systems can help hospitals identify hidden risks, support vulnerable populations and deliver safer, more equitable care across every setting.