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Why BMCHS Just Launched Its Health Equity Accelerator

Web2020, the year that rattled healthcare systems around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the deep racial inequities that exist in healthcare and beyond. …

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The Physician's Role in Racial Equity HealthCity

WebThe Physician's Role in Racial Equity. Physicians are in a unique position of status. It's our duty to be critical of all aspects that impact patients and colleagues — and …

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What Are Social Determinants of Health

WebSocial determinants of health (SDoH) are factors in a person’s life and environment that impact their health outcomes in positive or negative ways. These …

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Health Equity vs. Health Equality: What's the Difference

WebElena Mendez-Escobar, PhD, MBA: When we talk about these terms, it’s helpful to imagine a group of people of different heights, ages, and abilities standing …

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Community Health Centers: A Role Model for Addressing Social …

WebFor more than 50 years, CHCs have played an integral but often unheralded role in our nation’s healthcare system, delivering neighborhood-based primary care …

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New England Journal of Medicine Highlights BMC’s Novel …

WebAs part of its ongoing commitment to ending health injustice, Boston Medical Center (BMC) launched its Health Equity Accelerator (the Accelerator) in 2021 to …

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Teen Parents and Their Children Have A Unique Set of Needs; This

WebTeen pregnancy rates have been on the decline for the last few decades, but disparities still persist in historically disinvested communities, which still have the highest …

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Welcome to HealthCity HealthCity

WebHealthCity was born to hasten those connections and fuel those conversations. A project of the Boston Medical Center Health System, HealthCity is an …

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What Is Harm Reduction

WebOne tool that outreach workers use to mitigate these challenges is harm reduction. At its core, harm reduction centers on the humanity of people who use drugs, …

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"Rewriting Healthcare Means Moving From Charity to Equity"

WebPMC: Rewriting healthcare means approaching patients and community with love and care. Rewriting healthcare means listening to patients and to our community, …

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Subsidized Non-Emergent Medical Transportation for Health …

WebThis pilot corroborated that the provision of reliable and affordable transportation promotes patient adherence to medical appointments, thus enabling better …

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Boston Medical Center Health System’s New Pilot Program Will …

WebFor this idea she needed buy-in from Boston Medical Center Health System's (BMCHS) Chief Sustainability and Real Estate Officer Bob Biggio. Under Biggio's …

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Abortion Is Health Care: Access is Crucial HealthCity

WebWe are unwillingly entering an era where people will be forced to continue pregnancies that their various circumstances (level of access to financial, educational, …

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A Model for Integrating SDOH Screening and Referral in the EHR

WebBoston Medical Center, which in 2017 began research and evaluation of a custom SDOH screening model, is an example of this work in action. In addition to …

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BMC Is Primed to Deliver New Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell …

WebPharmaceutical companies Vertex Pharmaceuticals and bluebird bio have both achieved FDA approval for gene therapies that can treat sickle cell disease and …

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EQTY 2023 Summit Will Convene Health Justice Leaders Who Are …

WebOn September 14, 2023, Boston Medical Center Health System (BMCHS) will host EQTY 2023: A Summit for Health Justice at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter …

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Medical Experts Offer Tips on How to Build Trust in Science During

WebBy Kayla Anderson , David Limm. February 03, 2022. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, infectious disease specialists, immunologists, and other medical experts …

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