Health Equity

SAN DIEGO — Patients ventilated for pneumonia or sepsis faced higher mortality odds as the racial diversity of the patient population increased, according to a poster presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Several women oncologists will be honored during this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting.

Gastroenterologists face a unique set of challenges that can significantly affect their work-life integration.

WASHINGTON — In a Healio video exclusive, Saqr Alsakarneh, MD, MSc, describes “significant disparities” in race, ethnicity and sex among participants enrolled clinical trials for liver transplantation in the U.S.

An intervention can increase the racial and ethnic diversity of applicants in family medicine residency programs without using race or ethnicity as a factor, according to experts.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings opened with its president Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE, discussing the need for equity in care.

A delayed diagnosis of appendicitis was associated with an increase in hospital care costs in a cohort of adults who underwent appendectomy, particularly among non-Hispanic Black patients, according to data in JAMA Network Open.

SEATTLE — Black patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, or IIH, have greater odds of developing visual impairment, according to research presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

NEW YORK — A literature review revealed that clinicians more often assigned psychotic and childhood disorder diagnoses to Black vs. white patients, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Rural area residents in need of medical attention might not be able to get the care they require due to the current intensive care crisis in these areas, according to a paper published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.