Digital disparities can impede communication and care across the healthcare system, and this divide is perhaps most obvious in behavioral and mental health settings. Strengthening clinical data exchange across this divide is a driving focus at Consensus Cloud Solutions, as we recognize the role of tech equity in reaching healthcare’s most vulnerable populations. Recently, I had...

Alice arrives at Bonobo Healthcare, where Dr. Carol needs her medical history from a local clinic. They fax it over. Dr. Carol must do what doctors, nurses, and clinicians do every day: read through these notes and manually enter them into the EHR system before beginning treatment.This scenario highlights a critical healthcare problem: clinical staff waste...

Achieving health equity is no longer just a moral obligation for healthcare organizations. It’s also a significant step toward improving revenue and reducing healthcare costs. That’s one reason why today’s health systems need a business strategy for addressing health equity effectively.It’s an area where health tech — and specifically, equitable sharing of healthcare data —...