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As some nurses across the country choose to stop working rather than comply with vaccine mandates, some hospitals are recruiting nurses in the Philippines to fill their staffing gaps. That …
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As Chicago-based health equity researchers, Maureen Benjamins and Fernando De Maio have long been interested in the disparities that affect their city. Benjamins, a Chicago-born senior research fellow at the …
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This week, “First Opinion Podcast” returns to a conversation with emergency physician Uché Blackstock about her decision to leave academic medicine. STAT’s Usha Lee McFarling recently reported a stunning investigation …
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An expert task force on Thursday released a new and much-anticipated approach for diagnosing kidney function, saying there is no need for controversial algorithms that consider race in the assessment …
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Fueled by the massive health disparities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic and the racial reckoning that followed the murder of George Floyd, health equity research is now in vogue. Journals …
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Health inequities in rural communities across the South are continuing to determine who is most vulnerable to Covid-19 now that the Delta variant is bringing a new surge in deaths. …
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The Covid-19 pandemic exposed deep-seated inequities in everything from safe working conditions and affordable health care to kids’ access to the internet for school. It also highlighted another alarming disparity …
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Left unchecked, algorithmic approaches can perpetuate bias in health care. Implementing responsible AI can help reverse that. Many health systems have diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in place, but these …
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Inequities in health care are pervasive, from access to quality of care, and a new study finds that common opioids such as codeine and morphine are more often prescribed to …
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