A recent American Cancer Society study found geographic and racial disparities in incidence and mortality rates for men with a major genitourinary cancer.

When Lloyd Dean, former CEO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, announced his  retirement more than a year ago, his colleagues brainstormed ways to keep his vision front and center. 

Hospitals striving to achieve healthcare equity will have another tool in their toolbox next year when The Joint Commission launches a new voluntary certification program, Health Care Equity. In early 2023, hospitals will be invited to pre-apply for certification, though the application won't be available until July 1, 2023.

A Cardinal Health survey found 80 percent of oncologists say inequities exist throughout the healthcare system, and nearly half said those inequities are especially prevalent in cancer care.

Two traveling respiratory therapists — both Muslim women — struggled to find personal protective equipment that met hijabi standards. So they made their own, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Nov. 27. 

The innate desire to belong The year was 1984 in Ypsilanti, Michigan when the world fractured in front of Lisette Martinez, leaving her caught in the middle, unable to process the divide, let alone choose a side.  She had looked forward to her sixth-grade camping trip for months because it was a chance for all the classes to travel together.

Maternal and infant death rates are significantly higher in states that have restricted or banned abortion compared to states where abortion is accessible, according to a Dec. 14 report from the Commonwealth Fund.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health aims to improve health equity and advance justice by leveraging the power of "humankindness." 

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center published the first meta-analysis of COVID-19 treatment and prevention clinical trials Dec. 5.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has partnered with the American Medical Association and others to create Rise to Health: a National Coalition for Equity in Healthcare, which launched Dec. 6.

Many healthcare organizations strive to provide highly reliable care, meaning patient care is consistently excellent and safe over long periods across all services and settings.

Latino, Black and Asian children are less likely to have elective surgeries compared with white children, a study published in the December issue of Journal of Pediatric Surgery found. 

Seventy-three percent of physicians at Wellstar's Atlanta Medical Center were non-white. And when the hospital closed Nov. 1, it displaced those clinicians — leaving a hole in a community that was working toward healthcare representation, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Nov. 29. 

Six of the "T14" — the 14 law schools that have dominated U.S. News and World Report's rankings for the past 30 years — have withdrawn from the process, saying they will no longer provide data to the prestigious tiering system.

The Richmond Coalition for Health Equity is calling on the owners of Richmond (Va.) Community Hospital to spend profits from the federal 340B drug pricing program on health equity programs in the city's East End, NBC12 reported Nov. 21.

Companies with a clear, robust internal plan for diversity, equity and inclusion see higher employee engagement, according to a recent survey from Aon. 

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.

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 York City-based Mount Sinai is launching a study of 15 million ambulatory patient cases to determine how segregation of healthcare affects patient outcomes. 

Black and Hispanic patients receive shorter addiction medication treatment than white patients, according to a study published Nov. 9 in JAMA Psychiatryry.