Patient Engagement February 14, 2024
Sara Heath

The 2023 update to the Health Equity Action Plan stresses equitable care access, plus maternal health equity and postpartum care.

HHS has unveiled the 2023 update to its Health Equity Action Plan, hitting key points like childhood health and well-being, equitable access to care, and maternal and infant health equity, among other things.

The plan update comes mandated as part of President Joe Biden’s whole-of-government equity agenda elucidated in Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.

Under the Executive Order, the Biden-Harris Administration charged each government agency, including HHS, to create an action plan for advancing equity and to provide periodic updates.

The 2023 update to the HHS plan stresses the importance...

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Topics: Equity/SDOH, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, HHS, Patient / Consumer, Provider
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