Healthcare’s cross-sector collaboration on health equity work is something that Jay Bhatt, MD, the executive director of Deloitte’s Center for Health Solutions, hasn’t seen at a level like this before. The work to give...
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced several commitments to ease language barriers preventing care access.
“We know that people with limited English proficiency...
Researchers found that patients with disabilities continue to experience unequal care access impacted by provider discrimination and implicit bias, even 30 years after the passage of the Americans with...
Social determinants of health have become almost something of a catchall term when it comes to the non-clinical factors that impact overall well-being. But drilling that concept down further, some healthcare industry leaders are starting...
Social determinants of health interventions focused on housing security, including addressing houselessness and making home modifications to improve housing quality, improve clinical outcomes and...
Older adults are among those the hardest hit by the current surging food costs, exacerbating nutrition gaps and food insecurity issues this population already faces, according to new findings from the...
The White House wants to end hunger by 2030, the Biden Administration announced in its recently released National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The Strategy is part of a weeklong...
Adult patients with public insurance coverage, like Medicare or Medicaid, and uninsured individuals are more than twice as likely to report facing implicit bias in health and otherwise unfair treatment...
In partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), YouTube has launched The-IQ – tackling health equity through Information Quality, a patient education video series scaling communication...
Racial mental health disparities cost the United States around $278 billion between 2016 and 2020, putting a price tag on a health equity issue that’s long plagued the nation, according to...
Even in urban areas, long travel distances contribute to geographic care access barriers, particularly for cardiac rehabilitation that’s necessary after a traumatic cardiac event, like a heart...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has buckled down on its pledge to advance health equity in its recently released 2022 North Carolina State Health Improvement Plan...
The social determinants of health explain about half of the racial health disparities in life expectancy in the United States, emphasizing the nation’s need to address social risk factors,...
Offering patient access to medical interpreters can help healthcare organizations achieve multiple goals, ranging from delivering culturally competent care all the way to legal or regulatory compliance.
Medical interpreters bridge the gap...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a rule that would reinstate parts of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), codifying LGBTQ+ and sex antidiscrimination...
Gary Butts, MD, remembers a time when it would’ve been uncomfortable or even risky to mention race in a hospital. Now the chief diversity and inclusion officer for the Mount Sinai Health System, Butts said his organization’s...
Twenty-four medical schools throughout the nation will revamp their education curricula, creating programs incorporating diversity, health equity, and inclusion into training, according to a press...
A new guidebook drafted by experts convened by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has set forward to provide actionable recommendations for how healthcare organizations can address health...
Food insecurity, a serious social determinant of health, can create a cycle of health inequity that puts patients at a greater risk for health-related missed workdays and overnight hospitalization,...
Fewer than 2 percent of the nearly 3,600 hospitals included in this year’s Lown Institute Hospital Index for Social Responsibility ranked among the best for health equity, value, and outcomes,...
