Health Equity

Despite narrowing sex and racial procedural disparities in HF treatment, gaps persist, with lower rates of left ventricular assist device use and heart transplant among women and Black men vs. their white and male counterparts, data show.

Hope is what pulled me in to family medicine.

Food or housing insecurity, mental health and cultural understanding with the practitioner are among the barriers to receiving regular diabetic retinopathy screenings, according to research published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Disparities and lack of equitable care in gastroenterology and health care as a whole impact job satisfaction, retention and education for providers as well as patient access to care and feeling of acceptance among patients.

Healio has compiled a list of its most-read health equity news in 2023.

Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, has been named the new dean of Emory University School of Medicine and chief academic officer of Emory Healthcare.

The New England College of Optometry hosted its inaugural Vision Health Equity Summit, featuring health equity advocates who discussed societal inequities that can result from vision loss as well as solutions for a more equitable future.

As two Black physicians, we have spent most of our careers either in labs, operating rooms or classrooms trying to improve health care and save lives through science and education.

The Miami Dolphins and AutoNation awarded a $1 million grant to Neha Goel, MD, MPH, FACS, to examine the critical health disparities that drive mortality among patients with breast cancer.

Ultraprocessed foods are associated with poor health outcomes, but helping patients reduce their intake can be difficult because of their prevalence, broad definition and affordability, according to experts.