Health Equity
USPSTF develops plan to address social determinants of health in primary care
The United States Preventive Services Task Force has developed a plan for creating primary care-based recommendations regarding social determinants of health, according to a position paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Speaker highlights importance of tracking equity, disparities in transplantation access
PHOENIX — Defining health equity as “the elimination of avoidable disparities in health outcomes among socially disadvantaged groups,” Darren Stewart, MD, a research scientist at the United Network for Organ Sharing, outlined how the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network goes about monitoring the transplantation process and also named the four factors most strongly associated with disparities in access to kidney transplant.
ACC calls for equity in cardiology compensation, opportunity
A new health policy statement on equity in cardiologist compensation and opportunity from the American College of Cardiology provides guiding principles for establishing appropriate compensation plans.
VIDEO: Understanding clinical features of diverse patient population key in atopic dermatitis
Daniel Gutierrez, MD, of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, discussed the importance of understanding clinical features of the diverse patient population in atopic dermatitis.
Race-conscious equity needs to be part of the framework to achieve kidney health equity
A national reckoning with racism in 2020, amplified by COVID-19 and stark economic and structural inequities, galvanized the nephrology community to address the role of racism in producing multi-decade kidney health disparities.
