3rd Annual Techquity for Health Awards Applications Now Open
Apply by August 29What is techquity?
Techquity in healthcare (technology + health equity) is the intentional design, development and distribution of technology to improve outcomes for underserved patients and address structural inequities in healthcare.
Embracing the promise of technology for health equity.
We envision a world where digital health is a leading force for health equity, driving continual, exponentially faster and measurable reductions in health disparities.
Given increasing reliance on digital health (including artificial intelligence), prioritizing techquity now is our best chance to solve healthcare’s most pressing issues: preventable disease, loss of life, healthcare labor shortages and their high human and economic costs.
Techquity for Health Initiative
Guided by a cross-sector advisory committee, HLTH Foundation is building a practice of techquity to help technology and data innovators build digital tools and programs that foster health equity, and to make better choices available to clinicians, patients, employers and insurers.
What we do
Inspire
through our vision for equitable digital health
Educate
the industry about the urgent need for action
Learn
through research and monitor industry progress
Listen
to stories of techquity as experienced by underserved people
Connect
those seeking to close the digital divide
Techquity Supporting Advisors
We’re grateful for our Supporting Advisors, who underwrite and guide the Techquity Initiative as members of the Techquity for Health Advisory Committee.
Advisory Committee
- Adimika Arthur, MPH, Executive Director & CEO, HealthTech 4 Medicaid (HT4M)
- Amber Spierer, MPH, Director, External Engagement, Global Health Equity, Johnson & Johnson
- Andrea Werner, MSW, Chief Population Health Officer, Emplify Health by Bellin and Gundersen Health System
- Cassie Dawalt, Principal, Positively Cass and Board Member, OutCare Health
- Charlotte Yeh, MD, Principal & Founder, Yeh Innovation & former Chief Medical Officer, AARP Services
- Chethan Sarabu, MD, FAMIA, FAAP, Co-Founder, CHILL (Climate Health Informatics Learning Lab)
- Daniel Carnegie, MD, MPH, MBA, Chief Data Officer, NC Department of Health and Human Services
- Daniel Turner-Lloveras, MD, CoFounder & CEO, SaludConTech
- Elizabeth Phillips Boudreau, MSHI, CEO and Co-Founder, Practical Acceleration
- Erica Smith (Paine), Vice President, Value & Market Access, Chiesi USA
- Grace Cordovano, MS, PhD, BCPA, CEO, Enlightening Results LLC
- Jay Calhoun, MBA, Co-Founder, Intertribal Health Innovation Institute
- Jen Horonjeff, MS, PhD, Founder and CEO, Real Patients
- JeShaune Jackson, MS, MBA, Director, Strategic Alliances, BridgeBio
- Kate Lewis, Vice President of Marketing and Communications, CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
- Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
- Larissa D’Andrea, MSLS, VP, Market Access, AliveCor
- Michael Penn, MD, PhD, Founding Partner, Health Equity Ventures
- NanaEfua Afoh-Manin, MD, MPH, MPA, Chief Medical and Innovation Officer, Shared Harvest Fund
- Ricky Y. Choi, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
- Shirley Golen, MBA, Head of Business Development & Customer Engagement, Amazon Inclusive eXperiences & Technology (IXT), Amazon
Techquity Awards Season 4
Now in its 4th season, the Techquity for Health Case Study Awards spotlight innovations that aim to address health disparities and inequities via digital health.
Hosted by HLTH Foundation and guided by its Techquity Advisory Committee, this global program specifically recognizes equitable design and implementation of digital health tools, technology-enabled health programs and data projects, and aims to give visibility to the practices, leaders and innovative approaches to closing healthcare gaps for underserved people.
Techquity Awards Season 3
This season’s cohort redefined excellence in innovation for digital health access by tackling some of the hardest problems in healthcare—clinician burnout in Cameroon, rural care access, suicide prevention for indigenous veterans, and more. Their solutions are proving what’s possible when technology is designed to close gaps.
Join us in congratulating these outstanding innovators and humanists. Explore the impact of this year’s winners in our latest blog. Read more →
Thank you to our 2025 award ceremony & reception sponsor
