The Health Equity & Access to Learning (HEAL) Workgroup of the Mobilizing Computable
Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) movement works to ensure that power inherent in such
knowledge becomes democratized as it is digitized. Our work is anchored in the shared
MCBK Manifesto, starting with the recognition that:
“Knowledge has the potential to improve healthcare, the health of individuals, and
the health of populations. Every decision affecting health should be informed by the
best available knowledge. For moral and ethical reasons, it is imperative that each
and every member of society have access to what is known at the time they are
making health-related choices and decisions.”
In this hour-long session, we will share progress by those in the academic medical library
community, in collaboration with other key healthcare stakeholders, in addressing the
following questions:
- What is MCBK and why is it critical to transforming the future of health and
advancing the Learning Health System (LHS) vision? - How does MCBK build upon efforts to make health data - and knowledge derived
from it - more accessible and actionable? - How can such efforts advance health literacy to drive individual empowerment and
better health for all? - In what ways is MCBK promoting health equity?
- Why is health equity such a paramount consideration in shaping the future of
healthcare and health? - Where are the greatest opportunities to participate in realizing this collaborative
transformation?
MCBK members, including several from the HEAL Workgroup, will lead this interactive
session that will offer audience members opportunities to learn and to discuss.
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