Health Equity

Racial Health Disparities Impact Mortality Rates After Brain Injury

by Jill McKeon

Non-White and Hispanic patients are more than twice as likely to die after a traumatic brain injury, underscoring the impact of racial health disparities, a recent report published in Frontiers in...

Bias a Chief Barrier to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

by Jessica Kent

To ensure the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, researchers and developers will need to work to eliminate bias in these tools, according to a perspective paper by...

Leveraging Data Visualization Tools to Promote Health Equity

by Jessica Kent

While health equity has been a top priority among leaders in the industry for several years, the equitable distribution of resources became even more critical during COVID-19. From testing to care...

Suicide Risk Prediction Models Could Perpetuate Racial Disparities

by Jessica Kent

Suicide risk prediction models that perform well in the general population may not be as accurate for Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native people, potentially worsening ethnic and racial...

Supporting Equitable Vaccine Distribution with EHR Data

by Jessica Kent

With the broadening availability of COVID-19 vaccines, it seems the US is finally beginning to see the light at the end of the pandemic-enveloped tunnel. After more than a year of uncertainty and...

“All of Us” Aims to Expand Tribal Engagement for Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

NIH is seeking to expand the inclusion of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people in the All of Us Research Program, an effort to advance precision medicine treatments for all populations. In...

Chronic Disease Death Rates Continue to Reflect Racial Disparities

by Jessica Kent

Black individuals in rural parts of the US have experienced higher chronic disease death rates than whites in the last 20 years, reflecting significant racial disparities and gaps in care. In a...

Ensuring Health Data Collection Protects Patient Privacy, Equity

by Jessica Kent

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders have developed and deployed health data collection technologies to track virus exposure, monitor outbreaks, and aggregate hospital data. As...

City-Level Data Shows Stark Racial Disparities in Diabetes Deaths

by Jessica Kent

In all 30 of the largest cities in the US, there are significant racial disparities in diabetes mortality rates, according to a study of city-level data published in Diabetes Research and Clinical...

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors High in Minority Populations

by Jessica Kent

While most Hispanic and Latino people in the US were aware of their cardiovascular disease risk factors, less than half of stroke survivors in these populations had healthy blood pressure and...