CEO’s Advisory Group on Using Telehealth to Eliminate Disparities and Inequities
The U.S. has entered a period where the subject of disparities is receiving a historic level of attention by government and market stakeholders. This focus and the collective energy that accompanies it is welcome after decades of widening socioeconomic gaps across American communities and well-documented disparities in health among rural/urban communities, communities of color, and tribal nations. It is against this backdrop that the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) organized the CEO’s Advisory Group on Using Telehealth to Eliminate Disparities and Inequities (Advisory Group) – a broad and diverse group of leaders from healthcare delivery systems, community organizations, payers, solution providers and policy, co-chaired by Kristi Henderson, DNP; Yasmine Winkler; and Ron Wyatt, MD. The Advisory Group’s objective is to advance a framework, roadmap, and other relevant materials for addressing disparities that will be broadly applicable across the health industry while also identifying the very specific areas the ATA is both capable and committed to advancing within the telehealth industry.
To access the first Advisory Group report, A Framework for Eliminating Health Disparities Using Telehealth, click here.
New Advisory Group report, The Disparities Framework in Action: Activating Stakeholders to Eliminate Inequities in Care Through Telehealth, available here.
To access the Digital Infrastructure Disparities Map and Economic and Social Value-Added (ESVA) Calculator, click here.
CEO’s Advisory Group Co-chairs
Kristi Henderson, DNP, NP-C, FAAN
CEO
MedExpress & Optum Virtual Care
Yasmine Winkler
Director
GEHA Health
Ron Wyatt, MD, MHA
Vice President and Patient Safety Officer
MCIC Vermont
CEO’s Advisory Group Members
Mujadala Abdul-Majid
Associate General Counsel
Facebook
Lisa Arellanes
VP of Care Delivery Ancillary Systems and Support and National Quality
Kaiser Permanente
Adimika Arthur
Executive Director
Health Tech 4 Medicaid
Murielle Beene
SVP & Chief Health Information Officer
Trinity Health
Bill Beninati, MD
Medical Director of Clinical Care Telehealth
Intermountain Healthcare
Silas Buchanan
Principal
Institute for eHealth Equity
Aimee Carew-Lyons, PhD, RN
Chief Clinical Officer
Fenway Health
Michael Castorino
Head of Global Strategic Healthcare Alliances
HP
Krisda Chaiyachati, MD
Director
LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Chi
Telehealth Technology Strategist
Kaiser Permanente
U. Michael Currie
SVP & Chief Health Equity Officer
UnitedHealth Group
Tearsanee Carlisle Davis, DNP
Director
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Richelle deMayo, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Tania Elliott, MD
Physician & Chief Medical Officer
Ascension – Virtual Care
Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD
Founder & CEO
Grapevine Health
Andrea Gelzer, MD
SVP & Corporate Chief Medical Officer
AmeriHealth Caritas
Natasha Goburdhun
National Director, Healthcare & Health Equity Strategic Partnerships
Easterseals
Steven Goldberg, MD
Chief Health Officer
Quest Diagnostics
Ellie Hamburger, MD
Medical Director
Pediatric Health Network
Maia Hightower, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
University of Utah Health
Julia Iyasere, MD
Executive Director, Dalio Center for Health Justice
NewYork-Presbyterian
Pallavi Kondapalli
Legal Counsel & Corporate Advisor
Reach – Thought Leadership
April Mims
SVP of Public Policy
hims and hers
Geeta Nayyar, MD
Executive Medical Director
Salesforce
Jennifer Pena, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Nurx
Jenny Poth
VP of Principal Investing and Fund Management
Ziegler
Chevon Rariy, MD
VP and Chair of Virtual Health
Canter Treatment Centers of America (CTCA)
David P. Ryan
Senior Advisor
The ATA
Scott Shipman, MD
Director of Clinical Innovations, Primary Care Initiatives
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
David Smith
Founder and CEO
Third Horizon Strategies Advisor and Facilitator
Angela Williams
President and CEO
United Way Worldwide
William B. Weeks, MD, PhD
Microsoft Industry Solutions
Healthcare Microsoft Bing
Resources and Reports
Check out the press release announcing the creation of the CEO’s Advisory Group on Using Telehealth to Eliminate Disparities and Inequities
The ATA believes that telehealth, when utilized in accordance with health equity principles, can eliminate disparities and inequities in health.
