April was National Minority Health Month 2026, and Sheila Thorne, CEO of Multicultural Healthcare Marketing Group, closed it out with a clear message: healthcare AI must be built for equity, not just efficiency.
In The Kaleidoscope: Healthcare in a Diverse America – From Molecule to Market, she’s spotlighted leaders of color pushing advocacy, innovation, and better outcomes. Now she goes straight to the urgency, because AI is already shaping decisions, access, and care.
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In the episode below, she’s joined by Hassan A. Tetteh, MD, author of Smarter Healthcare with AI, to ask the questions we can’t dodge:
- Will AI narrow disparities, or harden them?
- Who gets protected, who gets overlooked, and who gets to be accountable?
The train has left the station. The work now is transparency, responsible governance, and fairness, baked into every model, workflow, and rollout. Watch below.
