Health Equity
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.
The AHA Aug. 6 released the first poster of the People Matter, Words Matter series to be translated into Spanish. Las Personas Importan, Las Palabras Importan covers the importance of using culturally aware language.
Mary Thompson 鈥 a member of AHA鈥檚 Committee on Behavioral Health and president of Trillium Place, a mental health and addiction recovery organization affiliated with Carle Health 鈥 explains how the Illinois-based organization works to integrate physical and behavioral health services to improve鈥
In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week and National Minority Health Month, join AHA and health care leaders from Cedars-Sinai, Memorial Healthcare System and Summa Health System as they highlight ways hospitals and health systems can partner with their communities to improve Black maternal鈥
Pennsylvania Hospital CEO Alicia Gresham takes pride in being the first African American CEO of the nation's first hospital and writes about the importance of continuing its legacy in care delivery, education and research.
The AHA is now accepting applications through Oct. 1 for the 2025 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Awards, which will recognize the efforts of member hospitals and health systems in advancing health equity, diversity and inclusion across three categories.