Becker's Healthcare July 22, 2024
Mariah Taylor

Healthcare systems are uniquely positioned to identify nonmedical needs and collaborate with community partners to get those needs met, Airica Steed, EdD, RN, president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, told Becker’s.

“No single person, institution, organization, sector or policy created these disparities, and no single person, institution, organization, sector or policy alone can fix them,” she said. “It’s going to require collaboration. It’s going to require all of us to come together, to galvanize together, on one collective agenda.”

Here is how she said MetroHealth is leading the way in health equity and what work remains.

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