Health Equity

• Data
• Health care

The Department of Health and Human Services is increasing its focus on social determinants of health to address unmet health needs through a multi-sector, complex approach.

• Health care

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s new United States Core Data for Interoperability version 2 (USCDI v2) tackles health disparities and better explains social determinants of health.

• HealthCast

Making the fight against cancer more equitable requires diversifying cancer research, clinical trials and treatments.

Throughout the national COVID-19 response, government agencies have worked to expand access to care and address long-standing health equity challenges across the public health system.