Comprehensive maternity and postpartum care are essential to the well-being of mothers, birthing people and infants. Hospital leaders do not want to shut down maternity and postpartum units. However, capacity and resource limitations have forced an uptick in these units…
Health Equity
The Johns Hopkins ACG® System—the world’s leading population health analytics software—is greatly enhanced with the integration of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), which allows users to craft a solid population health strategy more accurately and intelligently.
Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. have been focused on deploying key diversity, equity and inclusion strategies and programs. For Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, this work has been ongoing for over 15 years, with a more recently launched multi-year…
The three largest children's hospitals in Michigan are joining forces in a significant effort to address inequities in how pediatric patients are treated, according to a July 13 Detroit Free Press report.
Far too often, healthcare equity is the exception, and not the rule. The fact that up to 60% of a person's healthcare is determined solely by zip code has created a healthcare system that is the least accessible to the…
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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.
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.
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.
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…
This episode features Barry Bock, Special Liaison to the CEO at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP). Here, he discusses his 22 years at BHCHP, the program’s focus on the opioid crisis & homeless encampments, different ways they…