Despite increased awareness of health care’s deep-rooted disparities, many health care organizations have struggled with identifying and addressing inequities among the communities they serve. Organizations must take a data-driven approach to accurately pinpoint disparities and create effective solutions but knowing how and where to start—and how to drive continued progress—can be difficult. That’s why we in 2022 launched our Health Equity Pledge—a bold, three-year, cross-industry initiative to help organizations meaningfully strengthen data foundations and better identify disparities, diagnose root causes, and instill accountability for eliminating them. Recently, leaders at the forefront of these efforts—Tosan O. Boyo, President of Sutter Health’s East Bay Market; Rachel Thornton, MD, PhD, FAAP, VP & Chief Health Equity Officer, Nemours Children’s Health; and Kelli Tice, MD, VP, Medical Affairs & Chief Health Equity Officer, GuideWell & Florida Blue—reflected on their public commitment through the Pledge and diligent work to deliver against it. Read about the challenges they encountered, their lessons learned, and their guidance for organizations working to address health disparities here: https://lnkd.in/etbGMSPg And take a deeper dive into insights from the Health Equity Pledge in our new report, Advancing Health Equity with Data and Bold Commitment: https://lnkd.in/e3Ygc-wY #HEConnect24
Marina Turner
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Thank you to all the executives who contributed to this important work!
Huge thank you to Kelli Tice, MD, Rachel Thornton, MD, PhD, FAAP, and Tosan O. Boyo for leading such an inspiring conversation at Connect last fall!