Neighborhood is yet another in a long list of social determinants of health garnering industry attention. Neighborhood is an expansive social determinant of health that ultimately intersects with numerous other social factors, making it a...
Much has been made of the potential for community-based health to close racial health disparities, but new research in JAMA Network Open says those community programs are most effective when they are...
Landmark civil rights legislation that instituted Medicare and Medicaid was instrumental in closing racial health disparities in care utilization, according to new data in JAMA Network Open. But those...
When a food security program in Dorchester, one of the boroughs of Boston, started offering up English muffins, it quickly became apparent those subsidized meals wouldn’t be fruitful. What was...
In the healthcare industry’s effort to support health equity, another principle has come to the forefront: trauma-informed care.
Trauma-informed care is important for achieving health equity because it helps traditionally...
Patient access to mental healthcare is still out-of-reach for most LGBTQ youth, with more than half saying they wanted or needed mental healthcare in the past year but were not able to access it,...
Hypertension during pregnancy is a growing problem in the United States, with Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) pregnant people being the most at-risk for hypertension, according to...
The American Medical Association (AMA) will dedicate its efforts toward improving medical workforce diversity, doubling down on its commitment to advance health equity, the organization has...
Two years after the medical industry joined the rest of the nation in a racial reckoning, patients are still reporting a healthcare experience characterized by racial discrimination, according to data...
Race and income are proving key social determinants of health affecting outcomes for kids with autism, who already have higher-risk health challenges, according to a new report from The Autism...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced new efforts to expand access to maternal health services, targeting care inequities that drive maternal health disparities for Black and Latino families.
The...
Medicaid community health workers facilitated better care access for low-income patients by boosting reliance on outpatient care and decreasing avoidable emergency department utilization, according to...
Staffing shortages and the impact COVID-19 had on the medical workforce’s mental health are the leading patient safety risks for 2022, joining familiar roadblocks like health inequities and...
The role of the community health worker is becoming more prominent, but that’s leaving some healthcare organizations and public health agencies with a big question. How do they design community health worker training...
The United States still has the worst maternal mortality rates in the developed world, a factor largely driven by steep Black maternal health disparities, according to the most recent figures out of...
It’s hard to improve what isn’t measured, the adage goes. At NCQA, newly proposed HEDIS measures look to address that problem in the realm of social determinants of health screenings.
HEDIS measures, or Healthcare...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, community health centers have been on the frontlines delivering equitable care to historically underserved populations.
An announcement from the National...
After nearly a year of health equity work, Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra said the department will continue to make justice in the medical space a top...
Populations of color continue to have a poorer patient experience than their White counterparts, with the latest reporting in Health Affairs highlighting patient experience disparities within and...
As team-based care becomes more common in medical practice, healthcare organizations are considering how they invest in non-clinician personnel, like recruiting and hiring community health workers.
A community health worker is “a...
