Check Your Understanding: Medical Deserts

Solutions

100

Why do we need solutions? (Why is this a problem?)

Possible Answers:

- Mortality Rates

- Neglect

- Delayed Treatment

200

What are the two possible solutions?

eHealth and incentives/policies

300

List two solutions within the category of incentives/policies (specifics)?

Possible Answers:

- Legislative Mandate

- Financial Assistance

- Housing Support

- Relocation Assistance

400

List two solutions from eHealth and explain what they are.

AI assistance- Synchronizing schedules, help with navigating foreign hospitals, service in multiple languages, etc...

Technology-Based Medical Devices- Focus on mental health care (Telemedicine), and online appointments

500

List all the solutions in both categories.

eHealth- AI Assistance and Technology-Based Medical Devices

Incentives/Policies- Housing support, financial rewards, relocation assistance, legislative mandate

Guest Speaker

100

What is her job?

Pedatric ICU worker

200

Where does she go? 

3rd-world countries

300

For how long does she go there?

1 week

400

What does she do there?

Performs heart surgery for kids who otherwise wouldn't be able to get it

500

What percentage of kids are born with heart disease?

About 1%

Who's Affected?

100

What are the two categories of affected individuals?

Impoverished groups

Minorities

200

What are the two groups within the categories of impoverished areas?

Inadequate resources to build healthcare centers

Residents don’t have the qualifications to work in the healthcare centers

300

Name at least 2 minority groups?

• Gender

Race

Age

Education Status

Access to mental health care

400

What race on average, had the lowest income in 2024?

Black individuals 

500

Name all 6 affected groups between the two catergories

Gender

Race

Age

Education Status

Access to mental health care

Impoverished areas