India, Dec. 2 -- Tata Elxsi has joined hands with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and OSF HealthCare to address major healthcare gaps in rural America through a technology-driven initiative aimed at improving access and outcomes for underserved communities.

While digital health advancements have traditionally focused on urban regions, this partnership seeks to bridge the rural divide by deploying hyper-localized digital health kiosks, funded by Jump ARCHES. These kiosks will use real-time OSF HealthCare data along with academic insights from Gies College of Business and the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

Rural populations often face challenges such as limited technology awareness, long travel distances for care, poor conn...