Reducing Healthcare Disparities

In this conversation, Jennifer Richards, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Jennifer Crawford, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, discuss the…
Collecting stories about innovative approaches and practices being used to address the environment as a driver of population health outcomes.
The TEP advises the Community Health and Environment initiative in its efforts to address environment as a social driver of health.
Background about why the initiative was founded, what it seeks to achieve, what it bases its work on and what its deliverables are.
For underserved populations, stigma and lack of access to behavioral health services can present huge barriers to treatment. In this conversation, Matthew Hoag, director of integrated behavioral health at Denver Health, shares how the organization is innovating through integration to meet the…
The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity will host its next Health Equity Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event will focus on strategies to address health inequities that affect individuals with disabilities.
Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, part of MaineHealth, is working to ensure children have access to quality oral health care, even before a child gets their first tooth.
As value-based care models grow, hospitals, providers and payers need to align goals and incentives to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.