Reimagining Healthcare with People-First Solutions

ISPU’s research Access to Healthcare Among Arab and South Asian Muslims in Southeast Michigan: A Systems Approach offers a model for using a community-based systems approach to understand and address the barriers Muslim communities face in accessing care.On this episode of Deep Dives, Madiha Tariq, Deputy County Executive of Oakland County, MI, and Megan Collado, Senior Director at AcademyHealth, explore how local, people-first solutions can transform healthcare systems. You’ll hear how Oakland County is connecting hospitals, nonprofits, and community partners to address the whole person, and how hyper-local insights can inform national policy to create lasting change.