Health system leaders need a set of criteria they can use to ensure the platforms they adopt align with their efforts to provide culturally competent care and advance health equity. In 2023, nearly ...

The Health Insurance Disparities Index allows stakeholders to assess progress in addressing health care disparities using publicly available, validated, reported health plan quality metrics results.

I’ve experienced the reality of health disparities firsthand. Growing up in a low-income, predominantly Black neighborhood in Boston during the 60s and 70s, my family didn’t have access, or, frankly, ...

Facing an uproar from disability advocates, the National Institutes of Health says it will move forward with plans to put more resources toward addressing health care disparities among people with ...

Investments in equity can lead over time to economic growth and prosperity for all Americans. Most agree health disparities are a moral problem. Yet there are disagreements about how to reduce them.

A woman receives a physical the DayBreak Community Health Center in Houston, Texas. DayBreak is run by through the Bread of Life outreach program, which offers meals, shelter, medical care, and ...

My daughter Katie was born with severe disabilities. She went on to develop profound autism, attention deficit disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The hardest part for her is knowing that she ...

Correspondence to Dr Stephanie A Kliethermes, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA; kliethermes{at}ortho.wisc.edu Objective Health ...

Implementation and Evaluation of Close to Me, a Novel Outpatient Clinic and Home-Based Infusion Therapy Program Through the Veterans Health Administration This was a population-based cohort study ...