AI and digital health technologies will not advance equity on their own. But if designed and implemented with underserved ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Workforce training for the building trades. Rejuvenating community gardens to grow food. Repairing damaged homes. Training youth leaders. Addressing vaccine hesitancy. Developing a ...

Improving health equity is part of the core of quality improvement and requires data collection and community engagement strategies for underserved populations, said Shawn Griffin, MD, president and ...

Improving health equity isn't just an ethical imperative; it could be a financial one, according to a new report from Deloitte showing that health equity improvements could add $2.8 trillion to the ...

In the U.S., becoming pregnant can have dangerous health consequences. For years, doctors and researchers have been sounding alarms about the country’s maternal mortality rates. But even more ...

Financial wellness is an essential social determinant of health. The ability to pay for healthcare is one of the key factors affecting a person’s well-being outside of their medical history. For the ...

In a recent paper in Nature Medicine, Co-Directors of the Urban Health Collaborative, Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH, and Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, MPH, provided a detailed examination of the future of urban ...

Rush is developing an innovative data platform to improve the health of Chicagoans. Funded by a $7.5 million grant from the Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust, the project will fortify Rush’s ...

Health status in the United States varies widely across gender, geography, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic circumstances and is impacted by other life experiences and systemic biases. 1 The cost of ...

Addressing health inequities could add $2.8 trillion to the U.S. economy by 2040, significantly boosting GDP and improving population health, while corporate profits could increase by $763 billion by ...

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At a time when business growth, talent retention and productivity are top concerns for many executives, improving health equity makes for a strong business case, a new Deloitte analysis finds.