Disparities/Equity of Care
In 2015, Kearny launched the Pioneer Baby program in partnership with KU School of Medicine-Wichita to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes by reducing pregnancy complications, premature births, low- or extremely high-birth weight, and cesarean sections while increasing breastfeeding rates.
Dr. Hochman was joined in February by Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Vice President for Health Equity, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Health Equity, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Hospitals have the opportunity to use data to identify outcome disparities that are the result of inequities & societal factors that influence health.
For the first time in AHA鈥檚 history, ACHI and IFDHE will join forces to bring together community and population health professionals with diversity and inclusion leaders for a unique three-day experience dedicated to accelerating health equity and reimagining community health for the future.鈥
During an AHA virtual briefing for lawmakers and staff, leaders from three health systems 鈥 One Brooklyn Health System, Grady Health System, and The Hospitals of Providence, part of Tenet Healthcare 鈥 discussed the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on communities of color and how their health鈥
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Navigating Through COVID-19:鈥
During an AHA virtual briefing for lawmakers and staff, leaders from three health systems 鈥 One Brooklyn Health System, Grady Health System, and The Hospitals of Providence, part of Tenet Healthcare 鈥 discussed the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on communities of color and how their health鈥
Identifying the underlying factors that contribute to disparities in outcomes in vulnerable rural populations and developing strategies to address these issues remain constant challenges, but progress is being made. OSF Healthcare鈥檚 Health Equities Action Lab (HEAL) is employing a data-driven鈥
Strategic alliances forged by AHA with organizations like the National Urban League and UnidosUS are strengthening collective effort to address well-documented, disparate health outcome for Black and Latino communities, writes Joy Lewis, AHA鈥檚 senior vice president for health equity strategies.
Nearly 55 years ago, during the 1966 Medical Committee of Human Rights Convention, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared, 鈥淥f all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.鈥 Although there has been incremental progress toward achieving a more just鈥