MedCity News September 26, 2024
Maureen Bell

To effectively address health disparities, organizations must implement health equity strategies that target systemic barriers and root causes. Here are strategies that can help drive comprehensive, system-wide change.

As health systems work to improve patient outcomes, health equity initiatives offer great promise for meaningful change. But there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for addressing the complexities of health disparities. To effectively address health disparities, organizations must implement health equity strategies that target systemic barriers and root causes to create lasting improvements in care access, quality, and patient outcomes. Here are strategies that can help drive comprehensive, system-wide change.

Prioritizing health equity education

Systemic change starts with building an understanding of the root causes of health disparities and how health systems, clinicians,...

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