Reducing Healthcare Disparities

Makunda Abdul-Mbacke, M.D., an obstetrician-gynecologist, shares the challenges she faces in her rural Virginia community and her hopes for the future of rural health.
Community Investment Series Community investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term. In the fourth episode of the series, Kevin Barnett, board of trustees member at Trinity Health, discusses…
Community Investment Series Community investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term. In the third episode of the series, Ray Prushnok, executive director of UPMC Center for Social Impact,…
Community investment Series, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term.
This interactive conversation will feature Dr. Jeff Thompson speaking about the disparate health impacts of environmental issues and the role of hospitals to promote healthy environments for the communities they serve. Participants will then join breakout rooms to hear from panelists about leading…
Community investment Series, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long term.
The stark differences in maternal health outcomes between Black and White women are widening at an escalating pace, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over a two-year period, health care organizations and their community partners in four cities — Atlanta, New Orleans, Detroit and Washington, D.C. — tested and scaled locally driven initiatives to improve Black maternal health equity.
In this Members in Action podcast, Northwell Health’s Viktor Klein, M.D., system director of quality and patient safety for OB/GYN, and Adriann Combs, clinical director of OB/GYN services, share how launching the Maternal Outcomes and Morbidity Collaborative (MOMS) has increased awareness of…
In this Members in Action podcast featuring maternal and child health efforts, Aisha Syeda, program manager at the AHA is joined by leaders from Northwell Health.