Blog: Data to drive IFDHE’s discussions on health equity in 2024
An overarching approach to the coming year can be summed up as “letting the data speak and guide us,” writes Joy Lewis, AHA’s senior vice president for health equity strategies and executive director of the organization’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity. She previews upcoming initiatives and activities that will aid hospitals’ efforts to collect and use the data needed to eliminate health disparities and advance equity, diversity and inclusion.
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