January 2022

State

• North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT):
  • Closing North Carolina’s Digital Divide (2021)
• South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff:
  • South Carolina Broadband Infrastructure Program
• South Carolina Telehealth Alliance
  • Organizations joining forces to expand telehealth services across the state

National

• National Academy of Medicine (NAM):
  • Sharing Health Data: The Why, the Will, and the Way Forward (2021)
• Academic Pathology:
  • From Testing to Decision-Making: A Data-Driven Analytics COVID-19 Response (4/20/2021)
• National League of Cities:
  • Digital Equity Playbook: How City Leaders Can Bridge the Digital Divide
• CDC:
  • Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication
  • 10 Essential Public Health Services
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:
  • 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
• Harvard Business Review:
  • How to Close the Digital Divide in the U.S.
• American Journal of Public Health:
  • Supporting Health Equity Through Data-Driven Decision-Making: A Local Health Department Response to COVID-19 (5/21/2021)
  • Deployment of Health Equity Strike Teams to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Disparities in Arkansas (9/12/2021)
• New York Times:
  • The C.D.C.’s New Challenge? Grappling With Imperfect Science (1/17/2022)

Future References

• Foodtank:
  • South Carolina-Based Organization Creates Access to Healthy, Fresh Foods With Affordable Produce Boxes (2022)
• American Journal of Public Health:
  • Neighborhood Racial and Economic Segregation and Disparities in Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic (8/30/2021)