Health Equity Archives

Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 1

Artificial intelligence could revolutionize health care. It could also perpetuate and exacerbate generations of racial inequities.

Soleil interviews Harvard researcher Lisa Iezzoni about improving health care for people with disabilities.

A potential change to reduce upcoding in Medicare could worsen health disparities.

People leaving incarceration are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death, and some states think Medicaid could help.

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in.

Our annual look at some of the best health care podcast episodes of the year with help from a few of our podcast host friends.

Joseph Benitez shares new research that assesses the impact of the ACA on insurance coverage for low-income nursing assistants.

Bianca Frogner shares new research that surveys physicians attitudes and actions towards patients with disabilities.

What stops seriously ill Black patients and their families from getting the care they want in life and in death?

Jose Fernandez shares new research that examines the causes and ramifications of rural hospital closures.