TechQuity is an imperative for health and technology business: Let's work together to achieve it.
Cheryl R ClarkYasemin AkdasConsuelo H WilkinsKyu RheeKevin B JohnsonDavid W BatesIrene Dankwa-MullanPublished in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA (2021)
Open discussions of social justice and health inequities may be an uncommon focus within information technology science, business, and health care delivery partnerships. However, the COVID-19 pandemic-which disproportionately affected Black, indigenous, and people of color-has reinforced the need to examine and define roles that technology partners should play to lead anti-racism efforts through our work. In our perspective piece, we describe the imperative to prioritize TechQuity-equity and social justice as a technology business strategy-through collaborating in partnerships that focus on eliminating racial and social inequities.