People living in states lifting eviction moratoria face an increased risk for COVID0-19 12 weeks after the ban’s end, a trend researchers said could worsen COVID-19 health disparities.
The data,...
The National Quality Forum (NQF) wants to make it easier to improve health equity, and that starts with an effort to embed equity into clinical quality measures across the care continuum.
The...
Tackling care disparities and social determinants of health calls for policy interventions centered on health equity, economic mobility, access to care, affordable housing, safe learning environments,...
A new coalition of community health centers known as Advocates for Community Health (ACH) recently announced its commitment to impacting federal policy by urging Congress to invest in health...
A new study revealing unequal opioid and pain medication prescription access between White and Black patients is calling into question the prevalence of implicit bias in medicine.
The research,...
When Daniel Carrión, PhD, MPH, a researcher from Mount Sinai, thinks of COVID-19 racial health disparities, he thinks of the subway. After all, needing to ride the subway—or work an...
For elderly Mexican Americans living in neighborhoods with low English-speaking proficiency, language isolation can lead to care access issues, poor health outcomes, and higher mortality rates,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has unveiled its 2022 Physician Fee Schedule proposal, and among the changes it is making to certain reimbursement programs, the agency is bringing...
After a year of identifying and understanding how health disparities and social determinants of health are affecting patient outcomes, it’s time for the medical community to take action toward...
A total of 59 percent of adult patients think implicit bias in medicine and discrimination is a problem in the US healthcare industry, and another 49 percent of their doctors agree, according to...
As patient portal use and access become more commonplace in healthcare, it would be prudent for health IT leaders and clinicians alike to understand the health disparities that can also emerge with...
Black and Latino neighborhoods are disproportionately located in pharmacy deserts, according to a Health Affairs study that highlights care access concerns that may compound racial health...
Green space, an increasingly recognized social determinant of health, has been linked to lower racial health disparities related to the novel coronavirus, according to researchers from the University...
Regular preventive care and screenings, along with strong care management plans, are essential to a good population health strategy. But as healthcare experts observe wide patient care gaps, they need...
Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) people living in southeast Michigan who report unfair treatment are more likely to face social determinants of health, such as food insecurity, that lead to poor...
One in ten Black patients reported feeling discrimination during a healthcare encounter, a rate that is three times that of White people and twice that of Hispanic people. The data, published by Robert...
A new health equity curriculum at Wake Forest School of Medicine helped improve self-reported knowledge about social determinants of health, a metric school leaders say could prepare new doctors in...
Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Booker have introduced the Black Maternal Momnibus Act of 2021 into the Senate. The bicameral legislation would address black maternal health disparities by driving...
When it comes to public health or medical research, there shouldn’t be any study about minority communities that doesn’t include minority communities. In failing to engage with stakeholders...
New legislation introduced by Elizabeth Warren, Ayanna Pressley, and Barbara Lee, sets out to assert racism a public health crisis and establish an anti-racism center within the Centers for Disease...
