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A commitment to equity — 3 insights from UCHealth
During a panel discussion led by Hanna Patterson, senior vice president of healthcare and applied learning at Guild, a comprehensive education and skilling solution for building talent, as part of Becker's 12th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, a clinician and a c-suite leader from Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth discussed their organization's approach to career growth and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. -
San Francisco hospital receives health equity award from Kaiser, Joint Commission
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center is the 2024 recipient of the Bernard J. Tyson National Award for Excellence in Pursuit of Healthcare Equity from The Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanentete. -
Hartford Healthcare partners to open health equity clinic
Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare is partnering with the Mansfield-based University of Connecticut School of Law to launch a Health Equity Clinic. -
Women & Infants Hospital expands hypertension equity program statewide
Over the past two years, a hypertension equity program has reduced readmissions and maternal morbidity among patients at Providence, R.I.-based Women & Infants Hospital. Now, the hospital is partnering to expand the program statewide. -
Fairview creates 'Fair Table' food equity program
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services has launched a new program aimed at reducing diet-related health disparities. -
Rural health disparities widen for MA enrollees: 4 takeaways
Health disparities among Medicare Advantage patients in rural areas widened in 2023, a new CMS report shows. -
Cedars-Sinai to put $20M into health equity initiatives
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is handing out $20 million in grants this fiscal year to local nonprofits to promote health equity in homelessness and housing, access to care and community response, the health system confirmed to Becker's. -
How to turn health equity into action
Health equity is a massive topic for hospitals to address, with hundreds of avenues that can be taken in confronting the issue. It's no wonder many leaders are often overwhelmed and unsure where to begin. -
Why health equity's goal shouldn't be outcomes
Health systems across the nation are working to improve health equity for patients, but many systems approach the issue with an outcomes-focused lens, which may actually make equity harder to achieve. -
45% of Medicare beneficiaries can't afford 1 hospital stay: Study
Between 34.6% and 50.7% of Medicare beneficiaries with modest incomes may lack sufficient to cover a hospital stay out of pocket, according to a study published Oct. 29 in Annals of Internal Medicine. -
White House to allocate $9M for women's health
The Biden administration will allocate nearly $9 million in grants aimed at improving women's health access in 14 states and Washington, D.C. -
UChicago Medicine wins AAMC's community engagement award
The Association of American Medical Colleges has awarded UChicago Medicine and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine with the 2024 Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement. -
Physicians more likely to give Black women unnecessary C-sections: Study
To fill operating rooms and financial incentives, obstetricians are often performing unneeded cesarean sections on Black women, according to researchers who analyzed about 1 million births across 68 New Jersey hospitals. -
$1.5M Kaiser grant to create health equity playbook
Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, a Chicago-based coalition of Black board directors, seeks to address health disparities in public hospitals and community health centers with a $1.5 million grant from Kaiser Permanente. -
3 years, 25,000 patients: NYC Health + Hospitals finds success with community health workers
In just three years, NYC Health + Hospitals has addressed the social needs of more than 25,000 patients through its community health workers program. -
Race-neutral formulas show promise in kidney transplant wait lists
Changes to eliminate race-based criteria from the kidney transplant list have benefited Black candidates, Medscape reported Aug. 26. -
Cleveland Clinic accused of discrimination over DEI initiatives
Cleveland Clinic is being accused of illegally discriminating based on race by operating a program to prevent and treat strokes in minority patients, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 14. -
Northwestern Medicine awards $16.3M to 300+ Illinois agencies
Northwestern Medicine has distributed $16.3 million in grants to more than 300 local agencies in Illinois this year to address healthcare disparities identified in community health needs assessments. -
Boston Medical Center awarded for community health work
The American Hospital Association has recognized Boston Medical Center as the 2024 recipient of its Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service. -
Health equity programs that work, per MetroHealth's CEO
Healthcare systems are uniquely positioned to identify nonmedical needs and collaborate with community partners to get those needs met, Airica Steed, EdD, RN, president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, told Becker's.
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