top of page

MEDI MONDAYS radio show

2021-Medi-Monday-FB-event-header-18.jpg

How social determinants of health are affecting under-served populations in our community, from the experts

EPISODE #52 | 9:30 AM Monday, May 24, 2021
What does technology have to do with health disparities?
GUEST | M. Chris Gibbons, MD, John Hopkins Urban Health Institute

​

Join popular WJNI Gospel Radio host Terry Base, Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi, and M. Chris Gibbons, MD, associate director of the John Hopkins Urban Health Institute, for a conversation about the social determinants of health! Listen in below as they define health disparities, discuss why these disparities occur and how much progress has been made at the national level to eliminate them, and outline a vision for how technology could help us make improvements that have previously been impossible.

​

Listen in to learn:

​

| What are health disparities?

| With the best healthcare system in the world, why do these happen in the US?

| How much progress has been made in fixing this problem?

| Is there anything else that can be done?

| What about those who can't afford, or don't know how to use, tech? Will they be left behind?

​

Dr. Gibbons sees untapped potential in bringing electronic tools to bear on the problem of disparities in healthcare. And he wants to put those tools directly in the hands of patients, not just doctors.

​

In a recent evidence review for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Dr. Gibbons found evidence that certain web resources and interactive multimedia programs can help patients with symptoms of depression, stress, and anxiety without the presence of a physician.

​

"The potential impact on disparities can be significant," says Dr. Gibbons, author of the 2007 book eHealthSolution for Healthcare Disparities, which explores how experts in medicine and technology and experts on health disparities can work together to close the gaps. In the book, he also examines cyber strategies with the greatest potential for effective, equitable care and improved service delivery, as well as emerging roles for information technology in promoting weight loss, smoking cessation, and other behavioral changes along with preventing cancer, HIV, and other diseases.

​

Dr. Gibbons is also an assistant professor at the Department of Health, Behavior and Society. In February, Dr. Gibbons, whose work is gaining the attention of policy makers, received a Top Minorities in Research Science Award in Medical Leadership at the 24th Black Engineer of the Year STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Conference in Baltimore, MD.

​

Dr. Gibbons is also the founder and CEO of The Greystone Group, a digital health consulting firm that focuses on health sector ecosystem visioning and design, health innovation, diversity populations and emerging health sector revenue models. Dr. Gibbons also serves as the chief health innovation adviser for the Federal Communications Commission's Connect2Health Task Force, an assistant professor at John Hopkins University School of Medicine and a visiting professor at Duke University School of Medicine. Previous he served as associate director of the John Hopkins Urban Health Institute and assistant professor of medicine, public health and health informatics at John Hopkins University.

​

Tune in every Monday morning to WJNI 106.3 FM or https://onlineradiobox.com/us/wjni/ for a new, local conversation about the social determinants of health and how they're affecting under-served populations, with information and experts that can't be found anywhere else. Past episodes of MEDI MONDAYS: The Social Determinants of Health, as well as 2020'S MEDI MONDAYS: The Coronavirus Edition can also be found here

00:00 / 21:19

SEARCH FOR LOCAL COVID-19 RESOURCES

Our COVID-19 database of coronavirus resources local to YOU is constantly updated! Click here to put in your ZIP code. On the next page that comes up, type COVID19 in the upper left search bar, and you'll see everything from home prescription delivery in your area to where to get tested for free to a Facebook page for COVID-19 healthcare professionals.

CharlestonSCseal.png

WE'RE ON THE CITY OF CHARLESTON'S CORONAVIRUS RESOURCE LIST

SOUTH CAROLINA CHURCHES

Please link to this page on your website!

Here, your congregation can quickly find updated COVID-19 resources in their areas by entering their ZIP code at www.themedi.org and typing "COVID19" in the upper left search bar on the next page. This is a free service provided by us as part of our mission to help those in need, especially with healthcare.

​

A shout-out to Morris Street Baptist Church for

linking to us from their home page. Thank you!

bottom of page