People with disabilities have more difficulty accessing health care and more negative interactions with health care providers ...

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Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanente today announced the winner of the 2026 Bernard J. Tyson Award for Pursuit of Healthcare Equity, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and BJC ...

The nation’s widespread racial health disparities won’t be erased without changes to how health care systems are funded and accredited, more public and financial accountability for poor patient ...

AI has been the talk of the healthcare industry, garnering excitement for its potential to improve patient care, as well as concern for the need to implement it ethically. But does the technology have ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will examine the current state of racial and ethnic healthcare disparities in the U.S. This work will include ...

Sophia Velastegui: C200 member, AI business leader; AI advisor for the National Science Foundation; Former General Manager, AI, and Chief AI Technology Officer at Microsoft; formerly at tech giants ...

Higher ranking military officers receive more resources and better care than low ranking military officers, according to an analysis of 1.5 million military ER visits published Thursday in the journal ...

Across the globe, populations with low socioeconomic status have borne a disproportionate burden of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article examines the relationship between two socioeconomic factors ...

What are some of the key factors that contribute to healthcare disparities within the LGBTQ+ community? Are certain sections of the LGBTQ+ community more susceptible to these disparities than others?

The symposium invited health care leaders from around the state to share their ideas.