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techquity

techquity noun: the application of technology to make more equitable outcomes, particularly in the healthcare industry.

Noun (1)

techquity (uncountable)

  1. The application of technology to make more equitable outcomes, particularly in the healthcare industry.
    • The term TechQuity is formed by combining the words technology and equity. This concept arose from the realization that the pandemic aggravated the system marginalization of certain groups in society from access to health care services due to a lack of access to some digital tools.2023 April 15, Bruna T. Leite, Caio S. Silva, Lucas F. Silva, Silmara Conchão, Ligia F. N. Reato, Patricia Pereira, Luciana Pereira, “Designing Digital Services to Connect Deaf People to Public...
    • One specific and essential area where nurse informaticists will add value to achieve parctice moving into the future is embracing and operationalizing the concept of Techquity. The definition of the concept is "the strategic development and deployment of technology to advance health equity" (Rhee...2024 June 3, Whende M. Carroll, “8.3.5.2”, in Nursing Informatics: Truths, Talent, and Transforming the Future, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: TechQuity

TechQuity (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of techquity.

Noun (3) capitalized: Techquity

Techquity (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of techquity.

Examples of techquity in a sentence

  • One specific and essential area where nurse informaticists will add value to achieve parctice moving into the future is embracing and operationalizing the concept of Techquity.2024 June 3, Whende M. Carroll, “8.3.5.2”, in Nursing Informatics: Truths, Talent, and Transforming the Future, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
  • "By creating technology that is accessible, inexpensive and sensitive to socioeconomic and cultural hurdles, techquity will help close that gap and ensure that everyone benefits."2025 January 12, Ari Daniel, “7 global buzzwords for 2025: From 'techquity' to 'climate displacement' to 'belonging'”, in Goats and Soda...

Forms of techquity

alternative formTechQuity
alternative formTechquity

Origin of techquity

Blend of technology + equity.

Questions about techquity

What does techquity mean?
Techquity means the application of technology to make more equitable outcomes, particularly in the healthcare industry.
How do you use techquity in a sentence?
One specific and essential area where nurse informaticists will add value to achieve parctice moving into the future is embracing and operationalizing the concept of Techquity.
What part of speech is techquity?
Techquity is a noun.

Words near techquity in the dictionary

  1. techonomic
  2. techpack
  3. techpacks
  4. techpreneur
  5. techpreneurs
  6. techquity
  7. techs
  8. techs up
  9. techspeak
  10. Techspressionism
  11. techstep

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Adapted from Wiktionary: techquity (page history and authors); TechQuity (page history and authors); Techquity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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