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Centering Health EquityMaternal Health and Key Success Factors in Reducing Health InequitiesAshlei Spivey, Executive Director at IBeBlackGirl, and Stacey Penny, Senior Project Director at the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality, join us to discuss the key challenges black mothers face while pregnant and birthing. They share the work they are each doing to help improve health outcomes for black birthing people and women of color as well as some of the programs and initiatives that have been implemented to bring more awareness to and address the maternal health crisis in America. The show features a number of programs and initiatives that can support a health system's efforts to redu...2023-05-1638 minCentering Health EquityIntroducing Health Equity RoundsDr. Italo Brown, and Dr. Stephanie Brown discussed the use of Health Equity Rounds as an important didactic approach to understanding the role social determinants can play in medicine. Dr. Italo Brown has introduced SPACE as a model for conducting the rounds — Share, Probe, Acknowledge, Connect, Engage. Dr. Stephanie Brown shares her experience at Sutter Health in a pilot project that introduced this model to providers in the Labor and Delivery department at Sutter Health’s Berkeley site. They explore the value of using “case based learning” in medicine to introduce the difficult conversation about bias of all kinds and bring a...2023-04-1632 minCentering Health EquityHealth Equity in Clinical TrialsDr. Janet Englund, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington Medical School and Director of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Group at Seattle Children’s Hospital Center for Clinical and Translational Research joined us for a conversation about vaccine research and clinical trials. We discussed the role her team of researchers and clinicians have played in the Covid19 vaccine clinical trials for children as well as the research on vaccines for Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV. Dr. Englund explains the many steps taken in establishing clinical trials and ensuring their safety and the ways which clinical trials can be...2023-03-0626 minCentering Health EquityThe Role of Health Plans in Advancing Health EquityIn this episode we are joined by Pat Geraghty, President and CEO, GuideWell and Florida Blue and Dr. Kelli Tice, Vice President Medical Affairs, Chief Health Equity Officer at GuideWell. Our conversation explored how GuideWell responded to the pandemic and talked about the specific ways that health plans can engage in advancing health equity. Our guests were candid about the hard work that is required and the importance of health plans working closely with community stakeholders to understand the needs of the communities where their members live and work. As much as has been achieved, there remains more to do...2023-02-0443 minCentering Health EquityHealth Equity and Mental Health: Key Issues to Reduce InequitiesThere is a mental health crisis in the US and its been recently discussed as the shadow pandemic that became evident as more individuals had to isolate and physically distance from loved ones to avoid the spread of Covid19. In this episode we speak with Dr. Alexander Salerno, founder of the Urban Healthcare Initiative Program and Director of the Community Health Outreach Program in New Jersey and Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Our conversation looked at the magnitude of the challenges anyone suffering with mental illness can encounter in finding the right ca...2022-09-0640 min
Centering Health Equity“We Ask because We Care” Campaigns on Collecting Patient DataOur conversation with Lisa Sloane, founder and CEO of More Inclusive Healthcare, and Tamara Migut, Director of Quality Improvement at Health Alliance Medical Plans, provides a rich opportunity to look at how collecting data on race, gender, sexual orientation and ethnicity pose unique challenges for health systems and how to craft a strategy that supports staff adoption and patient engagement. As an innovator and entrepreneur, Lisa Sloane shares her experience with working in partnership with different health systems to support their efforts to collect patient data. Tamara is responsible for the Health Alliance Medical Plans Quality Improvement Initiative, focusing...2022-06-2935 minCentering Health Equity"Is Your Health System Ready for Anti-Racism?"In this episode we talk with Myra Gregorian, Chief People Officer at Seattle Children's Hospital and Dr. Aletha Maybank, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer for the American Medical Association about what it means to go beyond creating a culture of inclusion in healthcare settings to becoming an anti-racist organization. Join us for a candid conversation about this next chapter in the DEI journey and the unique challenges organizations and individual leaders face in this courageous work.2022-05-0746 minCentering Health EquityA Recap of Centering Health Equity 2021Episode 9 is a recap of the many topics, co-hosts Duane Reynolds and Maria Hernandez have covered in the first year of Centering Health Equity. Duane and Maria offer reflections on how large health systems are responding to the urgency of health equity and what physicians in particular can do in their daily work to advance health equity. Another important topic addressed is the importance of community partnerships that work at engaging under-resourced communities and diverse stakeholders that can bring attention to culturally effective care. And finally we look at the work of front-line educators, facilitators, trainers who are engaging in...2022-01-2133 minCentering Health EquityOrganizational Structures that Support Diversity, Equity & InclusionAndres Gonzalez is the VP and Chief Diversity Officer Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin where he oversees a number of initiatives linked to advancing health equity. Our conversation focuses on the emerging organizational changes that health systems are making to link workforce diversity and talent development with quality of care for diverse populations. We discuss the value of breaking down those silos and how important it is for health equity to be integrated into quality of care. An important element of this work is how much Andres forged important collaborations among the leadership team, with employee resource groups and...2021-12-2036 minCentering Health EquityThe Frontlines of Health Equity: Creating Culturally Effective CareElizabeth Forte at New Hanover Regional Medical and Vivian Anugwom, at Allina Healthcare share some of the challenges they have encountered while working within their respective health systems to identify and address health disparities. Both Elizabeth and Vivian share how their respective organizations are not only committed to anti-racism but also creating culturally effective and responsive care models that reflect all of the communities they serve. This episode highlights the need to bring in the voices of the patients and community to understand how to provide culturally responsive care. “Speaking truth to power” is the start of creating a cultu...2021-10-0833 minCentering Health EquityAdvancing Health Equity Beyond the Four Walls of the Health SystemIn this episode Desiree de la Torre, Director of Community Affairs and Population Health at Children’s National Hospital, and Fernando Little, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Atrium Health, discuss what their Health systems are doing to advance health equity beyond their four walls. Our conversation is focused on the strategic and the collaborative efforts between their organizations and the community stakeholders. Their effort to create a connection between community clinics, schools and local small businesses is demonstrated not only in the context of advancing health equity, but also the economic impact on the communities they serve. Th...2021-06-3043 minCentering Health EquityThe Physician's Role in Advancing Health EquityDr. Uche Blackstock and her sister, Dr. Oni Blackstock have been featured on CNN, MSNBC, RaceForward and have been covered by the Washington Post and Yahoo News!. This episode brings the twin sisters together to share about their unique story as second-generation physicians and leaders in the African American medical community. Their late mother, Dr. Dale Blackstock, inspired them to pursue their medical degrees and to serve communities of color. This episode features their unique work to reduce health inequities and the role physicians and other care providers have in addressing health inequities. A highlight of the discussion is...2021-04-2733 minCentering Health EquityCentering Health Equity: Health System Associations Supporting Member Response to Health Equity, Part 2Duane Reynolds and Maria Hernandez interview Philip Albert and Priya Bathija about the ways the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) are supporting their members in their efforts to advance health equity. In Part 2 we learn more about how the competitive nature of health systems may create an agreed upon set of metrics for health equity and the national rankings on health equity which must be meaningful to the communities served. We conclude with their personal thoughts on coping with the pandemic while their unique roles at AHA and AAMC takes center stage...2021-03-1221 minCentering Health EquityCentering Health Equity: Health System Associations Supporting Member Response to Health Equity Part 1Duane Reynolds and Maria Hernandez interview Philip Albert and Priya Bathija about the ways the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) are supporting their members in their efforts to advance health equity. Part 1 of the show highlights a focus on how data collection on patient demographics, social determinants of health and other systemic factors that drive inequities are a focus for the respective associations. This effort represents important and necessary steps in advancing health equity and both Philip and Priya recognize the inherent concerns organizations must address. They also recognize that the “ecosystem” for...2021-03-1223 minCentering Health EquityMajor Health Systems Respond to the National Call for Health Equity: Part 2Join us for part two of the discussion with Dr. Stephen Lockhart and Ms. Cassandra Willis-Abner as we dive deeper into practical steps that health systems can take to improve health equity and as we hear Dr. Lockhart’s and Ms. Willis-Abner’s experiences with systemic racism that have shaped them into the leaders of health equity they are today.2020-11-2521 min
Centering Health EquityMajor Health Systems Respond to the National Call for Health Equity: Part 1How are major health systems responding to the national unrest spurred by the injustices of racism and health inequities that the pandemic has magnified? In this two part episode, we feature Dr. Stephen Lockhart of Sutter Health and Ms. Cassandra Willis-Abner formerly of Trinity Health, now with Press Ganey Associates. Listen to the strategies that have made both systems leaders in health equity.2020-11-2529 min
Centering Health EquityIntroducing the Centering Health Equity PodcastWelcome to the launch of Centering Health Equity! In this brief episode, Cohosts Duane Reynolds and Maria Hernandez introduce themselves and share how the idea for the podcast emerged from both personal and professional life experiences. Tune in to hear how their unique perspectives have come together to form this podcast and how their vision for Centering Health Equity is focused on bringing listeners new ideas, promising and best practices to reduce all forms of bias in healthcare. 2020-11-2512 min