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Urgent action is needed to ensure that the benefits of health AI exceed its detrimental environmental impacts.
A systems-level approach to transforming health care centers structural racism as a root cause of disparities, offering a collective ...
Explore the current issue of NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery (Vol. 6 No. 7).
More than half of NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members say that structural racism affects patient care in their organizations, particularly in the United States. Chandra Ford is the Guest Editor for ...
Owing to multiple health factors predating incarceration and environmental exposures during it, incarcerated people may face increased need to access medical care either in carceral facilities or ...
The South Side of Chicago in Illinois is a community that suffers from high rates of firearm violence fueled by decades of structural violence and systemic injustice. The history of trauma care on the ...
Racism in the field of health care is well-documented and generally accepted as a problem. Within a given hospital or clinical department, however, leadership teams often have blind spots to the ways ...
Asian Americans encompass a diverse and expanding conglomerate of over 50 ethnicities. As a result of the influx of skilled immigrants following the U.S. 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, Asian ...
One of the pathways by which structural racism drives health inequity is through differential access and care provided by health care institutions. While racial inequities in care delivery and ...
Addressing the health impacts of racism and other structural inequities requires addressing power inequities that exclude people from influencing the policies and practices that affect their health.
Naming structural racism. It is difficult to address a problem while denying its existence. Two pieces in this issue offer insights into how to identify the potential impact of structural racism on ...