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Accelerating Health Equity: Flexible Healthcare Access

Technology and strategic partnerships are breaking down barriers to care for underserved populations across rural and mobile communities

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Technology and strategic partnerships are breaking down barriers to care for underserved populations across rural and mobile communities

Learn about how technology can be used to improve where and how healthcare is delivered in this episode with Dr. Michelle Schmerge, Co-Founder and CEO of Equity Health as she shares her vision for how technology can enable flexible delivery of healthcare for rural, older and mobile individuals with Robin Goldsmith representing Verizon Healthcare Strategy and Innovation and Courtney Lee Schoon of Verizon's Forward for Good Program.

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Robin Goldsmith
Robin GoldsmithPractice Leader, Healthcare, Insurance & Life Sciences

Dedicated focus on innovation and strategy to address healthcare's most challenging problems by leveraging best in class technology. Experience across digital health, patient engagement, patient experience and healthcare technology.

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Dedicated focus on innovation and strategy to address healthcare's most challenging problems by leveraging best in class technology. Experience across digital health, patient engagement, patient experience and healthcare technology.

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