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Black tech founders work to improve health care for people of color : Shots

Black tech founders work to improve health care for people of color : Shots

(from left) Kevin Dedner founded Hurdle, a mental health startup that pairs patients with therapists. Ashlee Wisdom’s company, Health in Her Hue, connects women of color with culturally sensitive medical providers. Nathan Pelzer’s Clinify Health analyzes data to help doctors identify at-risk patients in underserved 

Black Tech Founders Want to Change the Culture of Health Care, One Click at a Time

Black Tech Founders Want to Change the Culture of Health Care, One Click at a Time

Cara Anthony When Ashlee Wisdom launched an early version of her health and wellness website, more than 34,000 users — most of them Black — visited the platform in the first two weeks. “It wasn’t the most fully functioning platform,” recalled Wisdom, 31. “It was