Reducing Healthcare Disparities

As one of the nation’s leading public academic health care systems, Grady improves the health of the communities it serves by providing quality, comprehensive health care in a compassionate, culturally competent, ethical, and fiscally responsible manner.
Founded as a nonprofit in 1994, Atrium Health Navicent is the leading provider of health care in Central and South Georgia and is committed to its mission of improving health, elevating hope, and advancing healing—for all.
Learn how hospital and health system leaders such as Baligh Yehia, M.D., senior vice president for Ascension and president of the Ascension Medical Group, are creating greater value for their patients and communities by using outcomes-based data to make decisions that support performance…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments through Nov. 4 on the challenges individuals face accessing health care services through CMS programs; impact of CMS policies and requirements on provider well-being and retention; strategies to address health inequities and social…
Robert Pearl, M.D., CEO of Kaiser Permanente Medical Group from 1999 to 2017, and Brian Wayling, executive director of telehealth services at Intermountain Healthcare, another pioneering telehealth organization, argue in a recent Harvard Business Review report that the telehealth era is just…
The Biden Administration this week announced it will host on Sept. 28 the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to identify steps the government and public and private sectors should take to address the intersections between food, hunger, nutrition and health.
In this podcast, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s strategic initiatives speaks with globally recognized expert and leader in maternal care, Dr. Neel Shah about the state of maternal health in the U.S, along with how Maven Clinic is supporting Black moms and their families.
A new CDC report based on data from 25 states and Washington, D.C. shares updates on drug overdose death rates among varying demographics.
Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy or childbirth-related death than White women. The health and well-being of women on their maternal journey – before, during and after childbirth are critical aspects of equitable health care.
Dr. Leon D. Caldwell, Senior Director, Health Equity Strategies and Innovation, in the Institute of Diversity and Health Equity at the AHA, sits down with Dr. James Min, CEO and Co-founder of AHA Associate, Cleerly, as well as Dr. Richard Chazal, Senior Cardiologist and Medical Director of the…