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What can we hospital leaders do? A commentary on approaches to the Black Maternal Health Crisis
When I agreed to join the California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Committee in 2019, I had no idea it would change the course of my professional life. -
Joint Commission launches equity certification for hospitals
The Joint Commission has launched a voluntary Health Care Equity Certification Program, which will be open by application to all of its accredited hospitals as well as critical access hospitals beginning July 1. -
How hospitals can create 'Safe Spaces' with this free diversity training program
In the wake of George Floyd's death in May of 2020, Deanna Stewart, DNP, RN, was one of the countless people who felt helpless after watching the video of his murder. -
'A clinic without walls': How Sutter's new gender care advocates extend support, hope
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has hired two of the system's first patient advocates who are specifically designated for supporting patients with gender care, according to a June 14 publication from the health system. It plans to hire one advocate for each of its five regions in time. -
Joint Commission to revise requirements for critical access hospitals
Several of The Joint Commission's elements of performance for critical access hospitals will be added or revised to align with CMS' final rule published in the Federal Register in November.— regarding restraint and seclusion as well as the complaint process -
Making real progress on health inequities
Nine out of ten hospital executives name health equity among their core business priorities. However, funding, reimbursement, and pandemic-related disruption remain major barriers to implementation. -
American Lung Association calls for improved diversity in clinical trials
The American Lung Association has established a campaign to boost the inclusion of Black individuals in lung cancer clinical trials. -
Low-income communities have high rates of intestinal infections: Study
High poverty rates and environmental factors contribute to the rates of intestinal infections, and a recent study found low-income neighborhoods are infected at high rates where sewage systems are in disrepair, The Conversation reported May 19. -
Colorado hospital secures housing for 20 patients
Aurora-based Children's Hospital Colorado partnered with the Aurora Housing Authority to provide long-term housing to 20 of its patients, CBS News reported May 21. -
Viewpoint: Family physicians can't fight for health equity alone
The best resource to improve health equity is already embedded in the U.S. healthcare system: family physicians. But they cannot do the work alone, Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, wrote in an opinion piece published May 17 in U.S. News and World Report. -
Black Americans — especially infants — are dying at the highest rates in decades
In the last two decades, the Black American population had 1.63 million excess deaths relative to their white counterparts, according to research published May 16 in JAMA led by Yale University in New Haven, Conn. -
Health disparities cost the US economy $451B annually: NIH
The price tag of inequities in healthcare cost the U.S. economy more than $451 billion annually, according to a study published May 16 in JAMA and led by the National Institutes of Health. -
How children's hospitals are addressing racism in pediatric care
Children's hospitals and other pediatric healthcare providers are working to identify and dismantle discriminatory care practices that fuel racial health disparities, according to a May 9 article from The Commonwealth Fund. -
The Joint Commission opens Health Care Equity Certification resource center
In advance of launching its Health Care Equity Certification on July 1, The Joint Commission rolled out an online resource center to assist healthcare systems in earning the certification. -
EEG rules can exclude people with textured hair
Restrictive instructions for EEGs could discourage people with thick, curly or textured hair from undergoing the diagnostic test, KFF Health News reported April 27. -
21% forgo medical care due to transportation barriers: RWJF
More than one in five U.S. adults missed or skipped needed medical care in 2022 because they could not access a vehicle or public transportation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found in a new analysis. -
Black people live longer in counties with more Black physicians: Study
Life expectancy is higher among Black people living in areas of the U.S. that have a higher proportion of Black primary care physicians, a study published April 14 in JAMA Network Open found. -
20 years, $179B spent on health equity: Why isn't the needle moving?
Efforts to achieve health equity have been underway for more than two decades. And yet, their effects have only been "marginal," according to a recent report from accounting firm Ernst & Young. -
How the US aims to improve Black maternal health outcomes
The Biden administration and HHS outlined plans to improve Black maternal health — which has long suffered from inequities both in healthcare and the workforce due to systemic racism. -
Because of Inequitable Maternity Care, I Was Afraid
When I delivered my children in 2016 and 2018, I was afraid. I was there as a patient, but as a physician, I knew the data.
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