Accelerating Health Equity: Flexible Healthcare Access

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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