MedCity News November 30, 2022
Shantanu Nundy

Covid-19 has forced us to face inequities present in health outcomes head-on and to recognize the systemic nature of health inequality that goes beyond the limits of what the healthcare system alone can change. The Quintuple Aim is a new framework for addressing these health inequities and centering our innovation and improvement efforts on marginalized communities and populations.

Covid-19 shined a global spotlight on health equity. Racial and ethnic marginalized groups, the elderly and individuals living in poverty experienced higher rates of infection, morbidity and mortality from Covid-19. Far from an anomaly, the pandemic only magnified the disparities in maternal, child, preventive and chronic care that socially marginalized communities face on an ongoing basis. To address these challenges, we must...

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