The vast majority of California hospitals have not fully complied with a California law that requires implicit bias training for all perinatal care providers, according to an October report from the state's Justice Department. 

The partnership highlights TruLite’s innovative approach to remediating clinical bias and improve diverse patient outcomes

UChicago Medicine's push to improve postpartum care has landed it an award for health equity advancement from The Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanente. 

Black pediatric patients are twice as likely to die from sepsis than white children, according to research from the Arkansas Children's Hospital.

Patients may be more willing to participate in clinical studies when the research staff is of the same race or ethnicity, according to new findings from researchers at Boston Medical Center. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is ramping up efforts to provide free legal aid for patients facing eviction or other legal-related housing challenges, the health system said Oct. 19.

Boston Medical Center is the first hospital in the nation to give patients a discount on their energy pills, thanks to their new Clean Power Prescription program, WBUR reported Oct. 18.

Many factors impact our health beyond genetics and aging.  Collectively, these are called the social determinants of health, and factors such as: education, housing, income, occupation, hunger, language, literacy, where we live, and access to affordable health care services. However, there is a gap in the current list of the social determinants of health, and that is the influence of “information" or an "information ecosystem” on patients’ behavior, engagement, and health outcome.

The University of California Los Angeles has launched the Latino Policy and Politics Institute Latino Data Hub to improve healthcare outcomes for the Latino population in California.

More than 12,000 deaths could have been avoided if racial disparities in medicine and surgery had been addressed at the root, according to new research from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Less than 1 percent of emergency department patients are restrained, but Black patients face a significantly higher risk of physical restraint than non-Black patients, according to a meta-analysis published Sept. 25 in JAMA. 

Trinity Health in Livonia, Mich., has received a $12.5 million grant from the CDC to decrease the disparities that exist in type 2 diabetes care, according to a Sept. 15 news release.

Alison Brown, RN, president of University of Maryland Medical Center's Midtown Campus in Baltimore, knows that it takes data to move the needle forward on health equity in a measurable way. 

Less than a quarter of hospital employees can correctly define health equity, according to a recent study out of Atlanta-based Grady Health System. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University has debuted plans for its Center for Research on Inequality and Health. The research will focus on three key areas of public health: LGBTQ policy and care, gun violence, and economic and social inequities, according to a Sept. 6 news release.

Wauwatosa, Wis.-based Froedtert Health has made a deal with Sherrie Williams, an African American cosmetologist, to source hair care products for its patients. 

Over the past several years, many health care organizations — especially in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others — made strong public declarations of their commitment to advance equity and racial justice.

Lately, the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion have become a topic of debate and controversy. In healthcare organizations, however, there is one undeniable truth that transcends all political, ideological and personal biases: health disparities are real.

New York City-based Montefiore Health System is working to address social determinants of health by embedding community health workers into clinical teams to connect patients with necessary social services. 

Twelve Philadelphia-area health systems joined forces with Independence Blue Cross to take action against racial bias in medicine.