How Can Laboratory Scientists Help With Equitable Care Delivery?
How can work toward equitable care delivery be aided by laboratory scientists? Dr. Brandy Gunsolus and Dr. Dana Powell Baker share their perspectives and hopes for the future.
Promising Advances in Treating Renal Medullary Carcinoma
Unlike other types of kidney cancer, RMC poses a significant challenge with less than 5 percent of patients surviving beyond three years using standard treatments. However, recent research offers new hope.
Does Laboratory Medicine Worsen Health Disparities Unintentionally?
Are health disparities sometimes worsened unintentionally by laboratory medicine? Dr. Marilyn Bibbs Freeman discusses cost issues and systemic issues with laboratory medicine and the U.S. healthcare system.
What Is the Impact of Unconscious Bias on Laboratory Diagnostics and Health Outcomes?
Can unconscious bias impact laboratory diagnostics and health outcomes? Dr. Marilyn Bibbs Freeman discusses unconscious bias and solutions toward improved health outcomes.
Improving Visibility of Laboratory Scientists and Healthcare Professionals
How can laboratory scientists and healthcare professionals become more visible to patient communities? Dr. Marilyn Bibbs Freeman shares insight.
Enhancing Health Laboratory Research Through DEIA
How can diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) help enhance health laboratory research? Dr. Marilyn Bibbs Freeman shares insight about DEIA efforts.
Unconscious Bias in Healthcare | Collaborations to Raise Awareness
What collaborative efforts can healthcare professionals engage in to work against unconscious bias? Dr. Marilyn Bibbs Freeman shares her perspective.
Creating More Inclusive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Patients During Health Testing
Dana Powell Baker discusses the point of view of LGBTQIA+ patients and how healthcare providers can help provide more inclusive spaces for all patients.
How Are Female-Specific Diagnostic Tests Impacted by Unconscious Bias?
Dana Powell Baker discusses assumptions about female-specific diagnostic tests and tests that are still commonly overlooked.
Do Marginalized Communities Have Female-Specific Diagnostic Test Disparities?
Dana Powell Baker explains some stigmas that persist in healthcare settings and advice for patients to ensure they receive essential female-specific diagnostic tests.
What Geographic or Regional Disparities Exist in Prenatal Testing?
Dana Powell Baker discusses barriers to prenatal testing and solutions to improve prenatal testing rates and pregnancy outcomes.
Progress in Achieving Health Equity Requires Attention to Root Causes
The root causes of health disparities must be examined by individuals, government organizations, and patient advocacy organizations to make real progress toward health equity. Here’s a look at where things stand with health equity and root causes that are being addressed.
Could Your Implicit Racial Bias Be Harming Your Patients?
This article provides an overview of the existence and role of racism in healthcare, how it manifests, and its negative impact on the healthcare of people in racial and ethnic groups — resulting in health disparities.
What Is Unconscious Bias in Healthcare?
This article provides an overview of the existence and role of unconscious bias in healthcare, how it manifests, and its negative impact on the healthcare of people in racial and ethnic groups — resulting in health disparities.
What Is Health Disparity vs. Health Equity?
This article provides an overview of health disparity and health equity and their impacts on the healthcare of patients.
What Is Age Bias in Healthcare?
This article provides an overview of the existence and role of age bias in healthcare, how it manifests, and its negative impact on the healthcare of patients — resulting in health disparities.
What Is Implicit Gender Bias in Healthcare?
This article provides an overview of the existence and role of implicit gender bias in healthcare, how it manifests, and its negative impact on the healthcare of patients — resulting in health disparities.
Lost in Transition, Optimizing Sickle Cell Disease Care
As part of ongoing efforts to expand sickle cell disease knowledge and to reduce health inequities, DHH hosted its first Sickle Cell Health Hub Huddle with sickle cell disease experts.
Maternal Health Disparities and Fostering Health Equity
Here’s a look at information about maternal health disparities, organizations that are working toward equitable maternal care for all pregnancies, and ways that others can help improve maternal health outcomes.
The Patient-Provider Relationship Role in Health Equity
In the pursuit of health equity, patient-provider relationships and patient perceptions about their health providers are vital in making improvements. Here’s a look at where we are and how to make progress.