ADE and Solohealth announce Collaboration to Increase Health Wellness

Alliance for Digital Equality (ADE) and SoloHealth announce Collaboration to increase health wellness.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, November 17, 2010 -- Today, the Alliance for Digital Equality (ADE), a nonprofit organization that provides broadband solutions and broadband related services to underserved and un-served communities, and SoloHealth, a self-service healthcare provider that is passionate about healthcare and prevention through the use of digital technology and seeks to empower consumers' healthcare through the use of self screenings at kiosks developed, marketed and sold by SoloHealth, announce a collaboration to facilitate the placement of interactive health kiosks in a variety of high traffic locations in markets where ADE has established Digital Empowerment Councils (DECs).

"Minority populations suffer from a number of chronic diseases at a disproportionate rate and experience health disparities that have to be addressed in innovative ways," said Julius H. Hollis, Chairman of ADE. "I believe that in order to adapt to this and ensure equity in access to quality care as our healthcare system evolves, we need to practice medicine differently using technology and other resources such as SoloHealth's interactive healthcare kiosks."

Our goal is to get people to think about their overall health and to take the appropriate steps to minimize their health related risks," said Bart Foster, Chairman and Founder of SoloHealth.

"By collaborating, both ADE and SoloHealth will heighten health awareness among African Americans and Latinos. It is believed that this strategic partnership will dramatically reduce health care costs for millions of people by providing personalized prevention and wellness plans, through self-service health screening technology. By placing the devices in high traffic retail locations, access to health care education will be significantly expanded.

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• Alliance for Digital Equality
• ADE
• Digital Empowerment Summit
• Digital Equality
• Digital
• Health Disparities
• Julius Hollis
• Shirley Franklin
• Bart Foster
• Solohealth