Health Equity

Partners across healthcare, academia and patient advocacy groups launched a coalition to address equity through digital health.

Christina Harris, MD, was named vice president and chief health equity officer of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai.

In recent years, hospitals and health systems have launched programs or other initiatives to tackle health disparities, from outreach programs and education to recruiting a chief diversity officer.

Tiffany Capeles was selected as the first chief equity officer of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare.

Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medicine eliminated race as a factor in birthing assessment tools, it said in an email to Becker's on May 4.

The Joint Commission and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente are accepting applications for the second annual healthcare equity award in memory of Bernard J. Tyson, Kaiser's late chair and CEO. 

The American Academy of Pediatrics is advocating for the elimination of race-based medicine in any form and recognizing race as a "historically derived social construct that has no place as a biologic proxy," according to its new policy statement released…

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center is launching the Center for Advancing Cancer Health Equity to address disparities in the region, it said last week. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced plans to develop a cloud-based tool to track community-based activities that help address health inequities.

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health released the results of its almost two-year long housing stability program April 21, which showed it was successful in stabilizing tenants and may have contributed to health equity and outcomes.