Equity Metrics Should Be An Essential Component Of Hospital Rankings | Health Affairs Blog healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hb…

Dr. Meena Seshamani, a former not-for-profit health system executive, will serve as director of CMS' Center for Medicare, an office that oversees health benefits for tens of millions of seniors, people with disabilities and dialysis patients. ow.ly/w3cY50FqjRk

Right on @DrLeanWen The mask guidance was a miscalculation which combined with vaccine hesitancy has led to another surge. The guidance was a gamble and did not pay out. It's deja vu on the frontlines in the ER. CDC needs to respond quickly and decisively. The Washington Post

Watching the Olympics and doing so got me thinking. This is what it looks like to finish a race. No one slows down in the last 5 meters?!? We could be 5 meters from the COVID finish, but we have to run through the line. Indoor masks still make sense. We want to win, right?

Stunning new report ranks US dead last in health care among richest countries—despite spending the most thehill.com/changing-ameri…

In Portugal, There Is Virtually No One Left to Vaccinate nytimes.com/2021/10/01/wor…

We will never be able to adequately thank you for building an extraordinary foundation for the future of research. We will work hard to make you proud. Institute for Health Equity Research Mount Sinai Health System Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are lucky to have your undivided attention focused on health equity.

Are people of color having worse experiences than white people within the same state health system? Almost always, the answer is yes. Visit the Health Equity Scorecard for details. buff.ly/323bQD9

Pleased to have worked with such a great team on this study! Our findings by race/ethnicity highlight the importance of including equity metrics in healthcare reforms. #HealthEquity Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA Rollin J (Terry) Fairbanks The Hilltop Institute MedStar Health Research @AEM @EMF onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Great article describing the effects of perpetuating race as a biological construct in medical education and in the practice of medicine. This is a key issue to address for equitable care delivery. Georgetown Medicine MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety #healthequity usnews.com/news/health-ne…

95% reduction of hospitalization with a booster, across all ages, for Omicron, which applies to BA.2 as well, is hard to beat. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… (it's only 76% with 2-shots)

After Two Years of Tireless Advocacy, The Dr. Lorna Breen Bill is Signed into Law acepnow.com/article/after-…

We launched Food Rx at MedStar Health in July 2021 and already seeing tremendous impact for our patients, with avg decreases in HbA1C of 2-3% in <6 months. Huge thank you to program partners: @marylandfoodbank, Sodexo, Hungry Harvest, & others. wbaltv.com/article/food-r…

Incredibly important pilot test of program to outreach to ppl at high risk of homelessness & provide homelessness prevention ⁦California Policy Lab⁩ @ucla 1/x latimes.com/california/sto…

Distribution of Spanish-Speaking Family Physicians, 2013–2019 aafp.org/pubs/afp/issue… See the latest Robert Graham Center Policy One-Pager in Am Fam Physician

Thank you AIM AHEAD CONSORTIUM for having me and for the great discussion! As promised, here are two resources that our community may find helpful. Summary of several algorithms perpetuating inequities: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… Reporting race & ethnicity in research: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Honored to be a part of this great team on the HCTTF Health Equity Advisory Group, with the release of the Health Equity Business Case.

We are excited to announce our recent JAMA article outlining key steps to address AI algorithmic bias in healthcare. It is not only a health equity issue, it is a patient safety issue. Many thanks to Raj Ratwani, PhD Dr. Karey Sutton for partnering in this piece. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…