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AWS plans to select organizations focused on boosting health access, addressing SDoH and using data to form a more equitable health system.

This M&A comes just a month after Unite Us acquired Carrot Health. 

Dr. Walter Suarez, Executive Director for Health IT Strategy and Policy for Kaiser Permanente's Technology Risk Office, discussed why the time is right to address health inequities today at HIMSS21.

Providers must go beyond just learning about a patient's SDOH to change the game; they must also support changes. 

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Formed under the banners of the Consumer Technology Association and the Connected Health Initiative, the coalition's membership includes big names like Google, Boston Children's Hospital, Microsoft, ResMed and others.

A parable used in public health goes, if there is a group of people who’ve fallen into a river that need saving, the traditional treatment method would be to rescue them from drowning downstream.

This comes a year after its last $63 million funding round. 

Unite Us will also gain access to Staple Health's 270 million-person database, as well as to its prior business partners.

The past weeks have seen a wave of health tech companies pledging support to anti-racism protesters, as well as public pressure for clear action steps.