Health Equity

Healio | Cardiology Today Editorial Board Member Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, DPhil, FACC, FHRS, and some of his patients were profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. That got him thinking about the sustainability of the health care system.

As he leaves his position as president of the ACP, Ryan D. Mire, MD, MACP, reflected on his time in the leadership role.

June is Pride Month, and in this installment of our diversity, equity and inclusion video series with ASGE, Matthew B. McNeill, MD, discusses how providers can counter health disparities and help LGBTQ+ patients receive equitable care.

WASHINGTON — In this video, Andy Molnar, CEO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, shares plans for next year’s summit.

WASHINGTON — With the widespread use of oxygen saturation in medical practice, a pulse oximeter that works on all skin pigments is crucial, according to an American Thoracic Society International Conference presentation.

At the annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, members voted to adopt guidelines addressing systemic discrimination and inequities in medicine.

Patients hospitalized with cirrhosis in low- or middle-income countries had significantly higher risk for mortality compared with patients in high-income countries, according to research in Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

With more public health benefits and fewer deaths as a result of switching to zero-emission passenger vehicles, the American Lung Association is calling on the EPA to set stronger emission rules, according to a press release.

Black patients who undergo coronary artery calcium scoring received less post-screening care and had more adverse CV events compared with white patients at a single center, a speaker reported.

The Global Liver Institute has marked June 8 as International NASH Day, part of a public education campaign to raise awareness and urgency about fatty liver disease and its advanced form, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.