National Health it collaborative for the underserved (NHIT®)

Our Team

Our amazing team of Board Members, National Advisors, Consultants, Fellows, Interns, and part-time volunteers are committed to helping underserved communities.

Our History

NHIT® has worked on issues such as broadband access, electronic health records, precision medicine, consumer health applications and disaster resiliency.

Our Mission

NHIT® is a 501(c)3 non-profit with a mission to engage underserved populations in the development and use of health information technology (HIT) as a means to support and sustain health equity and economic viability based on NHIT’s five pillars: Workforce, Innovation, Policy, Research, and Community.

NHIT Leading Initiatives

Responding to Dire Public Health Challenges

Data Fusion Center®

NHIT has collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Tyler Technologies to launch the NHITData Fusion Center, to tackle and translate social determinants of health (SDoH) data into actionable insights.


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The Alliance

NHIT and Sanitas, largely recognized for their commitment to social justice and health equity, formed an alliance to offer a comprehensive model of healthcare that provides health equity, compassion, and well-being to patients in underserved and rural communities.

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Care Campaign®

NHIT, with guidance from supporting partners, launched the NHIT Care Campaign® with the mission of restoring the health safety net for people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

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Transforming Lives: NHIT's 15-Year Journey Towards Health Equity and Empowering Underserved Communities

NHIT CELEBRATING 15TH ANNIVERSARY WITH SEPTEMBER EVENT SERIES

NHIT 15th Anniversary Reception and Health Equity and Inclusiveness Awards (HEIA) Ceremony, on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, in Washington, DC.

2023 RECIPIENTS

Hon. Albert Bryan, Jr.

Governor
U.S. Virgin Islands

Hon. Jenniffer Gonzalez

Resident Commissioner Puerto Rico

Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

Allyson Fryhoff

Managing Director of Nonprofits and Nonprofit Healthcare
Amazon Web Services

Mark Colon

Directorof Public Engagement
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration

Mara Candelaria Reardon

Deputy Director of Public Engagement
National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Janet Murguia

President and CEO
UnidosUS

Juliet K. Choi

President and CEO
Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Keralty

Represented by:
Emilio Herrera Molina, MD Global Chief Health Officer

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Location:
Raul Yzaguirre Building

1126 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

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Join us at the NHIT 15th Anniversary Reception and Health Equity and Inclusiveness Awards (HEIA) Ceremony, on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, in Washington, DC. The NHEIAs are part of our efforts to consolidate the different awards that we give throughout the year into an annual ceremony. These awards will honor luminary figures and key national leaders. This will help us commemorate our landmark anniversary while recognizing the outstanding contributions of individuals and institutions to addressing health disparities in underserved communities. We expect upwards of 150 leaders, health equity allies, and advocates from across government, industry, research, education, and the not-for-profit sector to join us. We will celebrate 15 years of continued service since we received funding from the Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S.Department of Health and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), and support from  over 100 organizations as part of an effort to “ensure that underserved populations are included as health information technologies are developed and deployed.”

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LEGISLATIVE HEALTH EQUITY SUMMIT
CLOSING THE HEALTH EQUITY GAP: THE ROLE OF FEDERAL INVESTMENTS, BROADBAND ACCESS, AND HEALTH IT INNOVATION IN ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES.
NHIT® Marks 15th Anniversary of Impact with a White House Health Equity Roundtable and Focus on the Future

"NHIT® appreciates the way in which President Biden has made health equity a priority and how his public policy efforts reflect that from the way the budget is drafted to the hiring process at the agency level.” said Luis Belen, Chief Executive Officer of NHIT."

"NHIT® appreciates the way in which President Biden has made health equity a priority and how his public policy efforts reflect that from the way the budget is drafted to the hiring process at the agency level.” said Luis Belen, Chief Executive Officer of NHIT."