Building Healthcare Technology That Centers Equity: The Future of Culturally Competent AI

Digital health innovation stands at a crossroads: it can either reduce disparities or dramatically widen them. Without intentional design that centers equity from the start, new technologies risk becoming another tool that exclusively benefits privileged populations while leaving underserved communities further behind. The opportunity before us is to build AI that becomes the great equalizer—but only if diversity, cultural competence, and inclusion form the foundation rather than afterthoughts.​