Race

Quote by Dr. King, injustice in healthcare is shocking and inhumane.

Can a Commercial Care System Really Take on Disparities Rooted in Economics?

September 29th 2022

Health disparities are driven by both inequity in care, and the social-economic factors that bring people to it. This post provides data suggesting care leaders most address both – factors within care, and before care.

Of hoaxes and heroes: the President wants to focus on anything but COVID19

July 4th 2020

Last week, the US broke records for new coronavirus cases day after day. If this were a normal administration, it would be flooding news programs with medical experts to tell Americans to wear masks and to take precautions to fight the virus’s spread. But the Trump White House is doing the opposite. The President hosted an […]

Until the racism is over, a framework for empathy

June 21st 2020

We have closed the US economy to compensate for a health system unprepared for a pandemic. Now it’s time to address the inequities that have made the burden of COVID-19 fall disproportionately on minority and lower-income communities.