Close the Gap joined the Conference on Closing the Digital Divide in the Health Care sector!

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 12:00 AM by

At Close the Gap we were happy to join the Conference on Closing the Digital Divide in the Health Care sector. This event was hosted on November 17 by the Fordham Institute for Women and Girls, an institute of the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service.

As we all know, the digital divide prevalent in our world today affects many societal sectors. One of these being the health care and the social sector, Close the Gap took part in the Fordham’s Institute for Women and Girls's discussion on the ways in which to tackle the challenges of digital inequality at play in the field. We are thereby most grateful to the Fordham Graduate School of Social Service and the International Health Awareness Network (IHAN) for hosting this virtual conference. It enabled a most interesting discussion, allowing reflection upon the academic and practical findings on digital inequality's effects and challenges in the healthcare sector. We further talked through the possibilities of closing this divide and are thankful for the many interesting insights shared by all the other participants! More extensive reading on the conference and discussions is to be found via the following article: https://gss.news.fordham.edu/events/health-care-workers-and-technology-how-can-social-workers-and-their-colleagues-improve-access/