Information as Equity: Building a Health Data Utility to Protect Coverage for Eligible Latine and Immigrant Communities in North Carolina
North Carolina's Latine and immigrant residents face deepening health coverage gaps amid restrictive federal policy shifts. This commentary proposes Health Data Utility capabilities to integrate health and social data, enhance trust, and enable targeted enrollment and care coordination. Equitable governance and community partnership can transform fragmented systems into instruments of inclusion and care.
Authors
- Gabriela Plasencia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-0029)
- Jessica D. Tenenbaum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3532-565X)
Institutions
- RAND Corporation (US)
- Duke University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- North Carolina Medical Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18043/001c.154037
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00