Governments around the world are pouring resources into digital health and data systems, hoping that better technology will ...

Blackstock is a former computer scientist, physician, researcher, and public health and health equity leader. Fatou, M.S.W., is a disability justice advocate, strategist, and founder and CEO of ...

Digital technologies, from telemedicine and AI to social media, are now deeply embedded in public health systems, healthcare delivery, and everyday health ...

Public health departments depend on accurate and timely data to guide their efforts to control the spread of disease. Full integration of information technology is the norm for other essential data ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Meeting America’s Public Health Challenge.” This series includes articles that reflect on and are inspired by a report of the same ...