Patient Engagement March 8, 2023
The agreement means Florida’s Hillsborough County Fire and Rescue will implement new policies to prevent the medical racial discrimination that often causes poor care access.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has officially reached an agreement with Florida’s Hillsborough County Fire and Rescue to ensure patient access to care and health equity following an investigation into racial discrimination.
The agreement includes a revised nondiscrimination policy for Hillsborough County Fire and Rescue to ensure individuals receiving care from paramedics will receive equitable medical attention.
This agreement follows a 2018 case brought to light by public press reports detailing a situation in which Hillsborough County Fire and Rescue paramedics “refused to transport an African American woman to the hospital because they...
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