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Monday, October 16, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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ICYMI, Tina Hernandez-Boussard of Stanford University joined A Health Podyssey to discuss her recent paper exploring ways that we can promote equity in clinical decision making and how to dismantle race-based medicine.

Tomorrow, be on the lookout for a new episode of A Health Podyssey featuring Chidinma Ibe of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Examining the Role of Hospital Equity Officers
In the October 2023 issue on Tackling Structural Racism in Health, Joel Weissman and coauthors examined how hospital equity officers around the country are addressing structural racism and other determinants of health care disparities.

The authors find that about half of equity officers surveyed reported experiencing "at least some obstacles to achieving their health equity objectives," including racist beliefs among health care industry workers and a lack of staff diversity.

While the study’s survey results indicate that hospitals are working to address these obstacles, they acknowledge that issues of racism extend beyond the health care system.
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How the Private Sector Can Address Health Equity

Listen to the final episode of our new health equity podcast, Research and Justice For All!

Research and Justice For All is sponsored by CVS Health and cohosted by Sree Chaguturu, Chief Medical Officer (CVS Health), and Joneigh Khaldun, Chief Health Equity Officer (CVS Health).

On the final episode, Chaguturu and Khaldun interview Rashad Burgess of Gilead Sciences about how private sector companies can advance health equity goals.

They also discuss how Gilead is addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black and Brown communities throughout the US South.

If you missed it, listen to the fifth episode with Karen DeSalvo of Google.
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