Health Equity
For the 61 million people who live in rural America, their local hospital provides essential services and programs to advance their health and the health of their communities.
The Community Health Improvement Week digital engagement toolkit provides copy and graphics to help promote CHI Week on social media.
Dive into the goals and objectives discussed by key speakers Chris DeRienzo, M.D., Akin Demehin and Marie Cleary-Fishman.
AHA Trustee Services’ latest Boardroom Brief highlights the board's role in health equity and how hospital and health system boards can prioritize health equity at their organizations.
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.
Chicago-based RUSH University Medical Center launched its Community Health Workers Hub in 2018 to provide CHWs with the support they need to help combat health and life expectancy inequities throughout the city of Chicago.
Meritus Health’s commitment to eliminating disparities and inequities within the community it serves has earned the health system national recognition, being awarded with AHA's 2023 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award in the Transforming category.
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, is committed to serving the diverse population of the city and metro area. Discover our exceptional performance in cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, transplant procedures, and cancer care.
A new AHA Center for Health Innovation report, “Leveling the Playing Field in Health Equity Investing,” explores the challenges these entrepreneurs face, how some venture capital (VC) funds are expanding opportunities for underrepresented startups and how the field can benefit.
HSR, the flagship publication of AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust and an official journal of AcademyHealth, has released “Achieving Healthcare Equity in the United States,” which summarizes the state of evidence and results from an inclusive, participatory process to identify…