HealthLeaders Media July 6, 2020
Mass General Brigham’s chief patient experience and equity officer details effective ways to support frontline workers and assist communities afflicted with the coronavirus.
A Boston-based health system executive writes in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Monday morning that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color nationwide due to unaddressed social risk factors.
Thomas D. Sequist, MD, MPH, chief patient experience and equity officer at Mass General Brigham, (formerly Partners HealthCare), analyzed data related to the coronavirus outbreak in both the Navajo Nation and Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Despite differences in size and location, Sequist found that both communities have struggled to contain the spread of the virus due...