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PointClickCare, Findhelp partner on sharing social determinants of health data
Healthcare technology platform PointClickCare Technologies is partnering with referral management platform Findhelp to integrate social determinants of health information into a platform available for clinicians and social workers. -
New England Patriots owner donates $50M to Mass General
Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, and his family foundation have donated $50 million to Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital. -
Atlanta officials hold off on plan to turn Wellstar hospital into equity center
The Atlanta City Council has tabled a proposal to turn Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center into an equity center upon its Nov. 1 closure, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Oct. 12. -
4 recent health equity investments over $10M
Here are three health equity investments over $10 million that Becker's has covered since Aug. 30: -
TruLite launches health equity platform
TruLite Health is rolling out health equity software as a service platform Truity. -
TruLite Health Launches Industry’s First Comprehensive Health Equity Platform
Today, TruLite Health announced the launch of Truity™, the industry’s first comprehensive health equity platform. -
Humana Foundation invests $13M to advance health equity
The Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of health insurance company Humana, invested $13 million to advance health equity. -
Viewpoint: Patient flow is key to achieving health equity
Streamlining patient flow would not only improve patient care and reduce costs, but is also focal to achieving health equity, wrote Eugene Litvak, PhD, Mark Smith, MD, and Harvey FiIneberg, MD, PhD, for The Hill Oct. 7. -
5 recent health equity research findings
Here are five health equity studies Becker's has covered since Sept. 16: -
Bridging health disparities requires multi-front action: 3 report findings
Addressing health disparities in the U.S. will require a multi-front approach, including data collection and financial investments, according to an Oct. 4 report from the Healthcare Leadership Council. -
Official suggests repurposing Atlanta Medical Center as equity center
One week after the mayor of Atlanta blocked the redevelopment of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, a city councilman proposed repurposing it as an equity center, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Oct. 4. -
DexCare selected for $40M AWS health equity initiative
Healthcare access and data company DexCare has been selected to work on a three-year, $40 million Amazon Web Services health equity initiative. -
4 Chicago systems employ health literacy specialists
Chicago health systems are hiring specialists to improve patients' health literacy, a skill in which only 12 percent of Americans are proficient, Chicago Health reported Sept. 29. -
Pulse oximeter flaws may have delayed COVID-19 treatment for Black patients: study
Black COVID-19 patients may have faced 4.5-hour treatment delays due to pulse oximeters' inability to accurately read their blood oxygen levels, according to researchers at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health. -
Healthcare for homeless stretching San Francisco resources thin: study
The same small group of San Francisco, Calif.-residents — most of them homeless — frequently cycle through the city's hospitals and criminal justice system. The cost is high and the health outcomes are poor, according to a recent study reported Sept. 27 by the San Francisco Chronicle. -
Northern Arizona U awarded $21M health equity grant
Researchers at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff received a $21 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, KNAU reported Sept. 28. -
Viewpoint: Access to long-COVID care financially, racially disproportionate
Although Black and Hispanic men are disproportionately hospitalized for COVID-19, white women pay visit COVID recovery centers most often, leading leaders to question where underserved populations are getting post-acute care. -
Cincinnati Children's taps vice president for health equity center
Robert Kahn, MD, has been promoted to vice president of Cincinnati Children's and will lead its new Michael Fisher Child Health Equity Center. -
Medical records' role in discrimination
Research increasingly suggests physicians can convey bias under "the guise of objective descriptions" found in medical records, Kaiser Health News reported Sept. 26. -
8 health systems' initiatives to help homeless populations
Homelessness has been linked to negative health outcomes, but some health systems have trouble reaching these patients and discharging them safely at the care course's conclusion.
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