In collaboration with various organizations, this blog explains a new letter released by 200+ groups urging Congress to address the maternal health crisis in our country. More
This Viewpoint highlights the effects of anti-Black racism on Black clinicians and patients, explains the difference between superficial and meaningful efforts to exert change, and itemizes meaningful actions that can assist in the effort to end systemic racism. More
Companies and rich nations are creating a deadly covid-19 vaccine “protection racket” More
Changing the system would have to wait until my foot was in the door. More
ST. LOUIS (AP) — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down on his bedroom floor. Craig Elazer had struggled all his life with anxiety so bad his whole body would shake. More
Between 2017 and 2018, Black patients had a 60% higher chance of dying after a liver transplant than white patients. More
Black and Hispanic/Latinx adults report experiencing discrimination when seeking health care at higher rates than white adults, which raises the question: How might these reported experiences adversely affect health care? More
Left unchecked, algorithmic approaches can perpetuate bias in health care. Implementing responsible AI can help reverse that. More
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Meharry Medical College, the country's oldest and largest historically Black medical school, are partnering on an initiative that aims to address racism in the sciences and promote inclusion and diversity. More
How would critical race theory translate to medical school curricula? For starters, race would be taught as a social, not a biological, construct. More
All Americans should have access to the most effective medications indicated for their conditions. That's pharmacoequity. More
A piecemeal approach will not remedy centuries of racial injustice. To ensure the state leads the nation in the health and well-being of its residents, equity must guide every decision. More
Only 29% of hospitals treated a proportion of Black patients that was comparable to the proportion of Black residents living in the community. More
In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, there is a timely and important study about the association between eligibility for Medicare at age 65 years and racial and ethnic disparities in access to care and health in the US. More
The safety net hospital needs financial relief and a change in the reimbursement system. More
This Viewpoint explains how data aggregation under a single Asian category has hidden the real health and death toll of COVID-19 among Filipinx in the US, especially the large portion of which are frontline health care workers. More
Even 25 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities make up fewer than 3% of U.S. med students. More
A new study finds that health care has become the country’s largest source of debt in collections. Those debts are largest where Medicaid wasn’t expanded. More
In research published in 2020, one of the themes was that minority patients were viewed as more challenging by physicians, their leaders, and the research staff. There’s a lot to unpack here. More
This Viewpoint outlines policy changes to make academic promotions more equitable for women physicians. More