Reducing Healthcare Disparities

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.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 28 announced that Rhode Island and a subsection of New York have been selected to participate in the third cohort of the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model.
The AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity is seeking applicants for its 10-month Executive Certificate in Diversity and Health Equity fellowship, which provides health care professionals the competencies to effectively lead diversity, health equity, inclusion and justice practices in…
The AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity is seeking host sites for its 2025 Summer Enrichment Program. The program is a ten-week paid internship for graduate students in the process of pursuing an advanced degree within health care or a related field.