AllianceChicago CIO discusses technology-enabled approaches to health equity

AllianceChicago, a network of 76 community health centers, strives to use health IT to promote equity in healthcare access, usage, and engagement. The organization’s understanding of social determinants of health drives their innovative campaigns to promote individual and community health. They also use health IT data for public health surveillance, with a recent project demonstrating the effectiveness of shared systems for disease detection and response. Furthermore, they believe in incorporating social care needs data to optimize patient care and target interventions.