Health Equity Accelerator: A Health System’s Approach

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is deeply committed to its mission of providing “exceptional care without exception” for its diverse patient population, in which 65% identify as “nonwhite” (primarily Black, Hispanic, or Latino/a). However, the social and medical context of 2020 forced the health center to recognize that it was not fully delivering on this mission: deep racial health inequities exist across the United States and among the center’s patients. BMC acknowledged that to drive change, we must recognize the role that all health care institutions have in amplifying disparities that are rooted...