“Health and wealth are intricately connected,” says Thea James, MD, MBA, co-executive director of Boston Medical Center’s Health Equity Accelerator and vice president of Mission, in a new short branded film from the MassMutual Foundation. The video is part of...
In celebration of Black History Month, Boston Medical Center Health System hosted a conversation between Uché Blackstock, MD — a prominent thought leader on bias and racism in healthcare and author of the New York Times best-seller Legacy: A Black Physician...
HealthCity is committed to sharing stories of equity and innovation. Over the last year, we shared a plethora of stories that showcased Boston Medical Center’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. BMC is in Boston’s South End, where most of its patients are...
A diagnosis of any chronic illness can be a challenge for anyone’s life. With chronic disease comes care management and maintenance and new mental and physical health challenges to navigate. Then, factors like racial or cultural identity, economic hardships,...
Boston Medical Center Health Systems’ inaugural summit for health justice, EQTY 2023, kicked off today, and the clear message was that not only is health equity possible, but that also we need to ambitiously pursue it, changing systems and perceptions that are...