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Urgent action is needed to ensure that the benefits of health AI exceed its detrimental environmental impacts.
SPECIAL ISSUE: OVERCOMING STRUCTURAL RACISM IN CARE DELIVERY: Asian Americans working in medicine face unique challenges because of harmful stereotypes and a history of discrimination. This article ...
The health inequities revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic, along with heightened awareness of racial justice issues, present opportunities for leaders, especially at community-based health centers, t ...
Innovative collaborations between a 911 emergency medical service (EMS) and local health care leaders helped foster a prehospital Mobile Integrated Health Care strategy that enhanced patient care ...
The President and CEO of The Joint Commission delves into the history of the organization and its various branches, which are all focused on inspiration, improvement, and accountability; its direct ...
To effectively, collaboratively, and authentically dismantle racism in health care, equity improvement teams need a strong foundation. The authors propose three components that guide a “getting ...
The former CEO of Memorial Hermann Health System, a former nurse with almost half a century of experience in the field, rose through the ranks to lead multiple medical centers. He traces the history ...
Racial and ethnic minorities are dying from Covid-19 at alarmingly high rates, which demands immediate action. Health system leaders cannot allow other priorities to interfere with a commitment to ...
Health care leaders are often surprised to learn that their operations contribute significantly to a warming climate. In addition to their roles as responders to and victims of extreme weather events, ...
A simple change model, reliably implemented, has led to substantive change in the management of complex, intractable health care problems at one of the largest U.S. health systems.
Patient-, person-, and relationship-centered care are essential to the development of patient experience and ultimately will benefit all stakeholders. Today, however, these terms are used ...
Notwithstanding concerns about staffing levels and burnout in health care, federal wage and employment data does not support the suggestion that a Covid-19 pandemic-related spike in quitting has had ...