Anne N. Sosin ([email protected]), Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Elizabeth A. Carpenter-Song, Dartmouth College. Health equity efforts in rural places have grown in recent years; however, ...

Promote the idea that health equity is a core competency of governance (for more information, see Non-Profit Hospital Governance: Overview on Practical Law). Explain that governing bodies that take ...

Defined by the World Health Organization as systematic differences in the health status of different population groups, health inequity remains a fundamental issue in our healthcare system and society ...

Today, the U.S. has more than 18 million living veterans. As this population ages and medical needs increase, there is more need than ever to recognize our obligations as a nation and to find ways to ...

Unmet health-related social needs (HRSN) undergird and often exacerbate poor health outcomes and quality of life. These critical health-influencing factors disproportionately impact members of ...

A global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the underlying causes of ill health often stem from factors beyond the health sector, such as lack of quality housing, ...

As the national organization representing nearly 50,000 physicians and other health care professionals specializing in cancer treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and research, ASCO supports effective ...

Health equity—the concept that every person has a fair and just opportunity to attain their maximum level of health—has never rung more true in today's highly driven healthcare world. Yet despite ...

Health equity news appearing in the August issue of Evidence-Based Oncology. Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, of the American Medical Association (AMA) ...