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A powerful COVID-19 response platform becomes a launch pad for greater global health equity ambitions

Atlanta-based Morehouse School of Medicine was founded to diversify the scientific community and health and healthcare workforce. In its pursuit of health justice, MSM developed a successful model for co-creating health equity solutions tailored to the communities being served.  MSM’s health equity model has been adopted by many companies and academic health centers seeking to improve health and wellness outcomes. 

In June of 2020, when the nation was reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health awarded MSM a $40 million grant to fight COVID-19 in racial, ethnic, and rural communities that were disproportionately impacted.

MSM turned to KPMG for help in envisioning and creating what would become the National COVID-19 Resiliency Network (NCRN). Built at speed and completed in just 90 days, this powerful, connected health platform enabled MSM to:

•  Gather data from public and private sources on healthcare discrepancies, attitudes toward government intervention, food insecurity, internet access, and more

•  Use machine learning and other advanced analytical capabilities to generate insights in under-resourced communities 

•  Accurately predict the impact of COVID-19 on specific communities

•  Launch a portal that effectively engaged underserved users in their health by providing trusted information, and letting users search locally for COVID-19 testing and vaccines

•  Partner with highly trusted organizations such as nonprofits, academic institutions, health centers, hospitals, and faith-based institutions to disseminate accurate, timely information.

The success of this effort was a catalyst for Morehouse School of Medicine. Leadership began asking how they could scale the school’s learnings and innovations to benefit communities across the world.  

Having already worked closely with KPMG, MSM had a trusted advisor with a global infrastructure of its own. So together, they planned to move as quickly as possible to expand Morehouse School of Medicine’s role as a global voice for health equity.

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We can’t know when or how the next pandemic will arrive, or what groundbreaking medical advances will need to reach people in racial, ethnic, and rural communities that are traditionally underserved. What we do know is that connected health is key in rising to meet global healthcare challenges and to achieving health equity. 

Continuing to close the health gap and standing ready for the next health crisis

Morehouse School of Medicine now has a clear vision for its unique role in achieving global health equity. It has prioritized key initiatives that align with the school’s strengths and resources, and that could prove to be powerful tools and/or enablers in closing the health gap. The school is embarking on a transformation of its finance function leading to improved management of investments and grants as well as more accurate forecasting. A clearer financial picture and fewer manual tasks free up more resources to support the school’s greater ambitions.

A clear vision of greater global health equity and a detailed roadmap for getting there

Atlanta-based Morehouse School of Medicine was founded to diversify the scientific community and health and healthcare workforce. In its pursuit of health justice, MSM developed a successful model for co-creating health equity solutions tailored to the communities being served.  MSM’s health equity model has been adopted by many companies and academic health centers seeking to improve health and wellness outcomes. 

A powerful COVID-19 response platform becomes a launch pad for greater global health equity ambitions

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