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Employees more engaged at companies that clearly define DEI: survey
Companies with a clear, robust internal plan for diversity, equity and inclusion see higher employee engagement, according to a recent survey from Aon. -
Ascension creates foundation to address health inequities
Ascension, a 143-hospital nonprofit system based in St. Louis, has created a national philanthropic organization that will develop, support and promote health equity initiatives. -
If Cultivating Health Equity Requires a Full Ecosystem, What’s Your Organization’s Role?
Achieving health equity is complicated, and it isn’t something that healthcare organizations can do entirely on their own. Instead, it requires dynamic collaboration—an ecosystem in which payers, providers, community organizations, policy and advocacy groups, and other entities work together to effect change. -
New Mount Sinai database aims to examine racial segregation, patient outcomes
New York City-based Mount Sinai is launching a study of 15 million ambulatory patient cases to determine how segregation of healthcare affects patient outcomes. -
Addiction medication treatment shorter for Black and Hispanic patients, study finds
Black and Hispanic patients receive shorter addiction medication treatment than white patients, according to a study published Nov. 9 in JAMA Psychiatryry. -
New York, Texas hospitals' equity initiatives earn recognition
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals and Houston-based Texas Children's Pavilion for Women were the 2022 recipients of the Bernard J. Tyson National Award for Excellence in Pursuit of Healthcare Equity from The Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanente. -
$15M post-acute homeless center opens in California
A hotel in Escondido, Calif., has been transformed into a post-hospitalization facility for the homeless, The Coast News reported Nov. 3. -
Diversity in medicine starts in medical school, study finds
New Haven, Conn.-based Yale researchers found inequities in the physician-scientist workforce begin during training. -
A Successful Health Equity Journey Starts with Understanding Where You Are and Where You Need to Go
Even as healthcare leaders embrace health equity as an urgent goal, figuring out how to undo the complex web of systems responsible for America’s serious health disparities is daunting. The work will take years of commitment, and getting started requires a thoughtful roadmap to implement an effective strategy. -
A Successful Health Equity Journey Starts with Understanding Where You Are and Where You Need to Go
Even as healthcare leaders embrace health equity as an urgent goal, figuring out how to undo the complex web of systems responsible for America’s serious health disparities is daunting. The work will take years of commitment, and getting started requires a thoughtful roadmap to implement an effective strategy. -
NYC Health + Hospitals directs one-third of spending to women, minority-owned businesses
NYC Health + Hospitals spent more than $747 million — 32 percent of its eligible procurement spending — with minority- and women-owned businesses in fiscal year 2022. -
32 orgs link up to reduce health disparities
Healthcare leaders from 32 organizations in seven states have joined forces to tackle health disparities among minority aging populations. -
Joint Commission creates Health Care Equity Resource Center
The Joint Commission has created a Health Care Equity Resource Center to help hospitals achieve safer, more equitable care, the organization said Oct. 26. -
Viewpoint: Stop talking about 'eliminating' health inequities
The idea that health inequities can and should be eliminated is misaligned with the definitions of equity and justice, according to an article published Oct. 24 in Health Affairs. -
Unite Us selected to power Arizona’s social determinants of health referral system
Arizona's health information exchange, Contexture, has selected health technology company Unite Us to provide the digital infrastructure to power CommunityCare, Arizona's social determinants of health referral system. -
US News may add health equity to rankings: Why it took so long, and what analysts learned in the process
U.S. News & World Report — known for its healthcare rankings, including those that compare hospitals and physicians — has formulated a way to measure hospitals' health equity. And it may eventually be included in the publication's ranking methodology. -
Minorities face longer wait times for lung cancer treatment
UVA Cancer Center researchers found a five- to 11-day difference in wait time for lung cancer treatment between white patients and minority patients. -
Black patients receive less heart failure treatment than white patients, study finds
Black patients with advanced heart failure received potentially life-saving therapies half as often as white patients, a study published in the AHA journal Circulation: Heart Failure found. -
Racist behavior frequently directed at healthcare providers: analysis
Fifty-seven percent of race-related patient safety incidents are due to patients making inappropriate racial comments or engaging in racist behavior toward their provider, according to an analysis by ECRI. -
How new primary care model can reverse health disparities and improve primary care delivery
Health equity means providing all people with patient-centered care that's built on trust, empathy and understanding. Fulfilling that vision, however, is often difficult.
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