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techquity en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of technology + equity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The application of technology to make more equitable outcomes, particularly in the healthcare industry.
   • "By creating technology that is accessible, inexpensive and sensitive to socioeconomic and cultural hurdles, techquity will help close that gap and ensure that everyone benefits." 2025 January 12, Ari Daniel, “7 global buzzwords for 2025: From 'techquity' to 'climate displacement' to 'belonging'”, in Goats and Soda, NPR:
   • The term TechQuity is formed by combining the words technology and equity. This concept arose from the realization that the pandemic aggravated the system marginalization of certain groups in society from access to health care services due to a lack of access to some digital tools. 2023 April 15, Bruna T. Leite, Caio S. Silva, Lucas F. Silva, Silmara Conchão, Ligia F. N. Reato, Patricia Pereira, Luciana Pereira, “Designing Digital Services to Connect Deaf People to Public Health Care Systems”, in Proceedings of IDEAS 2022: Interdisciplinary Conference on Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Systems, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 328:
   • One specific and essential area where nurse informaticists will add value to achieve parctice moving into the future is embracing and operationalizing the concept of Techquity. The definition of the concept is "the strategic development and deployment of technology to advance health equity" (Rhee et al., 2021), and explicitly names social justice as the required foundation for remediating health inequities between populations that historically and currently face structural racism, and other forms of social and behavioral exploitation and dehumanizing treatment (Braveman et al., 2011). 2024 June 3, Whende M. Carroll, “8.3.5.2”, in Nursing Informatics: Truths, Talent, and Transforming the Future, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

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