Health Equity
Speaker: Justice in kidney health care requires intentional action
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — To achieve true justice in kidney health care, clinicians must identify disparities in practice and develop a sustainable plan to address them, according to a presenter at the Annual Dialysis Conference.
Speaker: Increasing transparency during the transplant process can increase access
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Providers can help increase patients’ odds of access to transplant by being transparent about candidate standards for application, according to a presenter at the Cutting Edge of Transplantation Summit.
Speaker: Access to health care is not enough to close the gap, ending racism is key
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Although improving access to health care can improve transplantation access, addressing racism is key to bringing access to all patients, according to a presenter at the Cutting Edge of Transplantation Summit.
Women should ‘be brave, be bold’ when navigating, transitioning from career crossroads
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Women need to “be brave” when they decide to make a transition in their career, do it for themselves and focus on self-care while navigating the process, noted a speaker at the Scrubs and Heels Summit.
VIDEO: Costly treatments, lack of insurance hinder care for IBD patients in South Asia
In this Healio video exclusive, Neilanjan Nandi, MD, FACP, discusses the financial burden for patients with inflammatory bowel disease in South Asia, fueled by costly diagnostics and treatments and lack of health insurance.
Women younger than 55 years have a 2.4% higher incidence of pancreatic cancer vs. men
The incidence of pancreatic cancer increased at a faster rate over time among women aged younger than 55 years compared with their male counterparts, according to research published in Gastroenterology.
Opportunities exist to fix health inequities in access to home dialysis
Kidney care professionals and policymakers continue to seek ways to eliminate longstanding racial and ethnic inequities in kidney health outcomes, including well-described disparities in use of home dialysis and transplantation.
Lack of health equity challenges patients’ access to home dialysis
CMS is making efforts to address health disparities in the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Program, and DaVita Inc. chief medical officer Jeffrey Giullian, MD, MBA, FASN, said dialysis providers need to make important changes to correct the imbalance.
VIDEO: Curricula is ‘just scratching the surface’ on incorporating DEI into GI training
In a new Healio video series, which focuses on topics in diversity, equity and inclusion with members of ASGE’s DEI subcommittee, Yakira David, MD, MBBS, outlined the importance of emphasizing DEI in gastroenterology training.
Black patients at higher risk for delayed diagnosis of appendicitis, increased readmission
Non-Hispanic Black patients experienced higher rates of delayed appendicitis diagnosis and 30-day, postoperative hospital use compared with their white counterparts, according to research published in JAMA Surgery.