Search Results

The default setting for search results displays All Content. If you prefer to see recent content only, please adjust the date filter.

119 Results Found

Spotlight: OSF Medical Center Building Better Connections to Improve Health Equity for Breast Cancer Prevention

.body p, .body li { font-size: 16px; } h1 { max-width: 900px; margin: 40px 0 30px; letter-spacing: -.03em; } a { color: #307FE2; } .article { max-width: 9

A Path to Equity for Rural Health

Right before the COVID-19 outbreak occurred, AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) convened more than 65 leaders, trustees and clinicians from rural hospitals across the country at AHA’s annual Rural Conference. We inquired about strategies for health equity in rural communities, as well as these communities’ most common areas of disparity or need.

Thoughts on World AIDS Day 2020 and COVID-19

World AIDS Day 2020 is unlike any other as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues. Many living with HIV have questions on whether they are at increased risk of serious health issues. Helpful resource links are included in this blog post.

Diversity Spotlight

The Diversity Spotlight celebrates the accomplishments of our members, health care leaders and other diversity champions.  

Honoring Dedication and Innovation: The 2020 Equity of Care Award Winners

Three hospitals and health systems are recognized for earning 2020 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Awards.

Advancing Health for LGBTQ Communities

Dr. Carl G. Streed Jr., M.D. discusses his personal mission to advance health care for LGBTQ communities.

Spotlight Feature: Listening to Your Community’s Health Care Needs to Ensure a Brighter Future

In this Spotlight Feature interview, Haley Urish, RN and patient care coordinator at Passavant along with Sarah Karraker, LCSW and Passavant’s manager of quality safety & operations improvement, discuss program goals for helping the youngest patients in the hospital’s surrounding community.

Spotlight Feature: Focusing on Basic Patient Needs to Fight Diabetes

Knowing that diabetes was surging throughout the community it serves, Humboldt Park Health (formerly Norwegian American Hospital) on Chicago’s West Side came up with a new approach to address the disparities it was seeing.

Spotlight Feature: Innovative Steps for Identifying Disparities in Fighting Breast Cancer

In this Spotlight Feature, Deepa Sheth, M.D. and Assistant Professor of Radiology, Breast Imaging Oncologist with University of Chicago Medicine talks about UChicago’s SCreening OutReach and Engagement (SCORE) breast cancer prevention initiative.