In Full Health is a community committed to advancing equitable opportunities in health innovation investment, solution development, and purchasing.
The Business Case
A just and equitable society is one in which every person has the resources and opportunities to be healthy and well. Stakeholders in the health industry share a moral and ethical obligation to ensure health equity. We also share an opportunity. By investing in full health for all, our nation stands to flourish and prosper.
The Principles v1.0
Imagine a future where all people in the U.S. are in full health — in which each of us is seen, heard, honored, valued, treated, and cared for in full.
We invite you to move toward this future with us by prioritizing investment in health innovations developed by, with, and for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other communities of color; women; LGBTQ+ communities; communities with disabilities; communities with low income; rural communities; and other communities historically marginalized by the health industry—working together to embed and evolve the following principles.
As someone who has spent the last twenty years at the intersection of health, technology and underserved populations, it is clear that many existing innovations fail to provide their full potential to all populations of users equally. Most health innovations are designed and developed for "everyone" but these solutions are, almost always, built by people who are not from marginalized communities nor have substantial knowledge or experience with these communities. As a result, product design and development assumptions are often not appropriate for users from these groups. With the In Full Healthcommunity, we can work together to change this and in doing so, improve the value of these promising tools for everyone.