Episode S04 E41: Adding The Disability Community to the Push for Health Equity

As healthcare continues its push toward health equity, it is crucial not to exclude people with disabilities from the conversation. Colin O’Reilly, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FCCM, of Children’s Specialized Hospital outlines communication and advocacy strategies for designing a health equity platform that accounts for populations with disabilities.

Episode S04 E41: Improving Performance on Health Equity Quality Measures

As payers and providers seek to reduce care disparities, health equity quality measures—like NCQA’s—may guide their efforts. Bryan Buckley, DrPH, director of health equity initiatives at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), explains how organizations can shape partnerships and internal processes to align with their health equity quality measures.

Episode S04 E40: Advancing Clinical Trial Diversity in the United States

In this episode, Liz Beatty, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Inato, emphasizes the significance of empowering community research centers to choose trials that cater to their unique needs and patient populations as a pivotal approach to enhance clinical trial diversity and access in the United States, thereby bringing care to those in need and transforming the clinical trial ecosystem.

Episode S04 E39: Carving a Path to Health Equity Through Effective DE&I Committees

As healthcare organizations strive to address the needs of diverse patient populations, they are taking steps to align internal goals and workforce management strategies with this aim. Kimberly Williams, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC, and the administrative director at Stanford’s Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases Hematology/Oncology, CAR-T, Stem Cell Transplant, and Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine, shares how a team of stakeholders at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is working toward health equity improvement.