Stand up to discrimination in digital health
Digital health should work for everyone. Right now, it doesn’t.
Bias in data, design, and decision-making is creating unequal outcomes, especially for underserved communities.
We can change that.
WELCOME
Digital health is not neutral
Technology reflects the systems and people that build it.
When bias and inequity exist, they show up in the:
Data we collect
Algorithms we design
Products we build
Decisions we fund
This means digital health does not work for everyone.
WHAT WE MEAN
What we mean by equity?
Equity recognises that people start from different places and need different support to achieve fair outcomes.
In digital health, that means designing systems that work for people who have historically been excluded.
OUR COMMITMENT
The Equity Charter
The Charter is a collective commitment to:
Champion equity in digital health
Embed equity into strategy, policy and design
Share best practice and address identified gaps
Work together to create systemic change
Our principles
1. Individual responsibility
Each of us commits to standing up for equity
6. Research and innovation
Equity embedded in research and innovation
2. Leadership and teams
Leaders, teams, and organisations champion equity
7. Product design
Digital products and services are designed equitably
3. Policy
Equity embedded into policy and practice
8. Procurement and contracting
Ethical procurement and contracting promotes equity
4. Strategy and transformation
Equity at the centre of digital strategy and transformation
9. Data and AI
Equity in the use of data and design of algorithms
5. Workforce
Digital teams represent the wider workforce and communities they serve
10. Health outcomes
Equitable health and wellbeing outcomes for underserved communities
Change happens when we act together
Add your name. Stand up. Help reshape digital health..
GO FURTHER
For teams and organisations
Take our diagnostic
1 day. 4 sessions. 3 outcomes.
Delivered by the Equity Charter team. Leave with an equity assessment and a plan to act.
