Posts Tagged ‘Health Disparities’
“This Season Calls for Us to Be Powerful”: EQTY 2025 Event Champions Progress Amid Pressures
Esteemed national leaders like Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson convened at Boston Medical Center Health System’s third annual conference to build strategies and momentum to push forward against multiple intersecting headwinds in healthcare.
Read MoreInclusive Innovation in Cardiometabolic Health
At the Advancing Medicine Research Symposium, experts highlighted how community-informed research is shaping the future of cardiometabolic health.
Read MoreThe Impact of Pharmacoequity: How a 7-Year-Old’s Malaria Case Revealed Medication Access Issues
Pharmacoequity means that every person—regardless of race, ethnicity, income, or background—should have timely access to the medications that best manage their health needs. What happens when that is not the case?
Read More“Our Elders Have Modeled Suffering”: Candid Panel Pushes Back on Health Myths, Shame for Black Women
On Martha’s Vineyard, actresses, advocates, and physicians have come together to have a taboo-breaking discussion about their personal and professional experiences with menopause, parenting, and advocating for your health and wellness.
Read MoreCracking the Code: One Family’s Journey to Genetic Answers in an Essential Hospital
Genetic medicine holds promise for many but is available to few; this is what healthcare providers, policymakers, and scientists can do to change that.
Read More4 BMC Innovations that Have Advanced Black Maternal Health
In commemoration of Black Maternal Health Week BMC, these four articles show how BMC is committed to delivering equitable maternal healthcare.
Read MoreWhat Is Systemic Racism in Healthcare?: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions
Systemic racism in healthcare manifests as deeply ingrained racial bias and discrimination that creates disparities in access, treatment, and outcomes. See how BMC is working to effect change.
Read More7 Ways to Close the Racial Gap in Addiction Treatment, BMC Study Finds
The Grayken Center for Addiction pioneers a community-led research approach to making addiction treatment more appealing, effective, and equitable for Black patients.
Read MoreInnovative Medication Delivery Program Improves Clinical Outcomes for Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
A new BMC study finds that there is a statistically significant decrease in hospitalizations and acute chest syndrome for participants after one year of enrolling in the program.
Read MoreIn Its Second Year, BMCHS’ Health Equity Accelerator Sees Racial Gaps Closing for Pregnancy and Diabetes
The initiative will begin to tackle gaps in cancer screenings in 2024.
Read MoreNeighborhood Birth Center Plans Move Forward in Roxbury
Nubian Square birthing center will offer a home-like setting with comprehensive care and programming.
Read More“Rewriting Healthcare Means Moving From Charity to Equity”
BMC’s VP of Community Engagement and External Affairs Petrina Martin Cherry shares her thoughts on how health systems can transform communities.
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