A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism Initiative
The legacy of racism and structural inequality has taken a heavy toll on the health care system and the health outcomes of patients and members of community catchment areas. To achieve optimal health outcomes for all, health systems will need to enact structural change that is meaningful, measurable...
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Mary Ann Liebert
2023-09-01
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| description | The legacy of racism and structural inequality has taken a heavy toll on the health care system and the health outcomes of patients and members of community catchment areas. To achieve optimal health outcomes for all, health systems will need to enact structural change that is meaningful, measurable, and rooted in evidence. We describe an antiracism campaign organized into three pillars of focus (Leadership/Employees/Culture, Patient Care Equity, and Community Health and Policy Advocacy) and implemented across Mass General Brigham, a large integrated health system in the northeast of the United States. Our study ranges from the foundational to the aspirational and examples of data-driven areas of focus, programs (e.g., staff education, social risk mitigation, and new models of clinical service), and metrics developed for the health care workforce, patients, and surrounding communities are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2960fd9d5f374ac8ad72ad1a980dad1a2023-12-06T16:19:39ZengMary Ann LiebertHealth Equity2473-12422023-09-0110.1089/HEQ.2023.0077A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism InitiativeThe legacy of racism and structural inequality has taken a heavy toll on the health care system and the health outcomes of patients and members of community catchment areas. To achieve optimal health outcomes for all, health systems will need to enact structural change that is meaningful, measurable, and rooted in evidence. We describe an antiracism campaign organized into three pillars of focus (Leadership/Employees/Culture, Patient Care Equity, and Community Health and Policy Advocacy) and implemented across Mass General Brigham, a large integrated health system in the northeast of the United States. Our study ranges from the foundational to the aspirational and examples of data-driven areas of focus, programs (e.g., staff education, social risk mitigation, and new models of clinical service), and metrics developed for the health care workforce, patients, and surrounding communities are presented.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2023.0077 |
| spellingShingle | A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism Initiative Health Equity |
| title | A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism Initiative |
| title_full | A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism Initiative |
| title_fullStr | A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism Initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism Initiative |
| title_short | A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism Initiative |
| title_sort | health system framework for addressing structural racism mass general brigham s united against racism initiative |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2023.0077 |