Manik Bhat is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Healthify. He was moved to create Healthify in 2013 while working as a community health worker in East Baltimore, where he saw how social needs dramatically impacted health outcomes in the community. Manik is an advocate for addressing the social determinants of health through equitable and collaborative partnerships between healthcare and social service organizations
The sustainable route to building a more integrated healthcare ecosystem is through partnerships. But for these collaborations to be successful, communication and clear financial incentives need to be aligned between payers and community-based organizations.
Radically improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations requires a multifaceted proactive, community-wide approach focused on better understanding social determinants of health and simultaneously addressing social and health inequalities.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.