How This Founder Is Using Technology To Reduce Racial Disparities In Healthcare

The inequalities in the healthcare industry are widely documented, with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reporting earlier this year, for example, that there are massive racial disparities in pregnancy-related deaths. There is a lack of diversity in the medical field with only about 4% of U.S. doctors being black/African American and 5% being Hispanic; Latinos are currently one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the U.S., which makes the latter statistic particularly problematic. With these health disparities in mind, a new platform, Hued, was developed. Hued is a platform that “diversifies the patient/doctor connection by connecting patients (of color) with health and medical professionals (of color) that specifically understand their cultural, physical and mental needs.” Hued founder Kimberly Wilson sat down to discuss the platform, why it was started and how it will impact diversity and inclusion in the field of medicine.

The full Forbes article can be found at this link.