Health Equity
Augusta Health was awarded the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Emerging category. Hospitals in the Emerging category are recognized for leveraging AHA鈥檚 Health Equity Roadmap to dismantle structural barriers in the communities they serve. Augusta Health is dedicated to鈥
Main Line Health鈥檚 strategic collection and utilization of data, as well as its targeted interventions to eliminate disparities within its community, have earned the not-for-profit health system the AHA鈥檚 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Transforming category.
There is an opportunity for every organization to advance health equity at the individual, organizational and community level. This webinar shares how to drive equitable health outcomes by exploring strategies implemented across each level of impact, ranging from direct patient programs to systems-鈥
AnMed鈥檚 excellence in implementing language services and community engagement strategies to eliminate health care disparities and improve patient quality outcomes has earned the organization the AHA鈥檚 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Small/Rural Hospital Excellence category.
To work toward reducing known health disparities, AHA has developed numerous resources that emphasize the importance and impact of person-centered care.
These resources from expert professional groups can help hospitals optimize maternal safety and outcomes.
Children's Mercy Kansas City's John Cowden, M.D., director of the Culture and Language Coaching Program, and Jessi Johnson, health equity specialist, discuss what makes equity integration at the health system so unique, and how initial discussions with employees helped guide its equity principles.
Advancing health equity is a key priority for the AHA and the American Medical Association, with both developing key initiatives and programs dedicated to these efforts.
In this conversation, Joy Lewis, senior vice president of health equity strategies at the AHA, speaks with Aletha Maybank, M.D., senior vice president and chief health equity officer at the AMA, about the challenges in the health equity space, and the opportunities that can make a difference in鈥
In this conversation, Thea James, M.D., vice president of mission with BMC, discusses the organization's evolution with health disparity work, and how BMC鈥檚 creation of the Health Equity Accelerator helped lead the way to achieve health justice in their communities.