Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Dr. Leon D. Caldwell, Senior Director, Health Equity Strategies and Innovation, in the Institute of Diversity and Health Equity at the AHA, sits down with Dr. James Min, CEO and Co-founder of AHA Associate, Cleerly, as well as Dr. Richard Chazal, Senior Cardiologist and Medical Director of the鈥
Roundtrip鈥檚 continuing development can be traced in part to AWS鈥 Health Equity Initiative, a three-year $40 million commitment to help its health care customers develop cloud-based solutions to reduce health disparities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting submissions for a special supplement to Public Health Reports on strategies for reducing health disparities and accelerating progress toward health equity
Through its MOMs program, Northwell Health seeks to decrease the incidence of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in its community, especially for women of color, by focusing on care before conception, during pregnancy and through the 鈥渇ourth trimester鈥 鈥 the 12 weeks after delivery.
Edmondo Robinson, M.D., MBA, MS, FACP, senior vice president and chief digital officer at Moffitt Cancer Center spoke with Julia Resnick, director of strategic initiatives at the 黑料正能量 Association about how Moffitt鈥檚 approach to digital health improves equity for the patients they serve鈥
One priority for hospitals and health systems is advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. The AHA鈥檚 next gathering, the Accelerating Health Equity Conference, May 10鈥12 in Cleveland, will focus on that topic.
Over the past few years the goal of health equity has moved into our national conversation about health care in a new, bigger and different way.
The need to improve maternal and child health equity in America while reducing access disparities has become a national focus. As policymakers and provider organizations continue to seek ways to reverse these trends, hospitals and health systems are stepping up with innovative efforts.
This week is Black Maternal Health Week, and April is National Minority Health Month. It鈥檚 an opportunity to 鈥渄eepen the conversation鈥 about black maternal health in the U.S. and to highlight the 鈥渋mportant role individuals and organizations can play鈥 in helping to reduce health disparities and鈥
Now is the time to evaluate how far we have come in closing gaps in health disparities, assess where health care is on the equity journey and take what we鈥檝e learned to strengthen our organizations and communities through collaborative and innovative work 鈥 by investing in our neighborhoods and one鈥