by Jordana Choucair | Oct 5, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) awarded nine health care organizations its new health equity accreditation. Each of the organizations participated in an eight-month-long pilot of the Health Equity Accreditation (HEA) Plus program—intended for...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 4, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A study published in Health Affairs uncovered that areas that have the highest percentage of adults with conditions that interfere with daily activities also have fewest personal care aids per capita to help them. The study found that the number of adults with...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 29, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
Online grocery delivery company Instacart is launching a new business initiative aimed at expanding access to nutritious food for underserved communities. Instacart plans to focus on three pillars: help increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 22, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
A new report from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association found that minority women are more like than white women to have pregnancy-related complications. The study found that Black, Latina, or Asian women had a higher prevalence rate of several risk factors compared...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 20, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
The Urban Institute released a report revealing that individuals with public insurance or no insurance are twice as likely as those with private insurance to experience unfair treatment in health care settings. Over 17 percent of adults with public coverage and 13.9...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 13, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH, Mental Health
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine released a report indicating that inadequate investments in mental health care have taken nearly 117,000 lives and cost the U.S. $278 billion from 2016 to 2020. According to the report, almost...
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