From accrediting organizations to payers, stakeholders seek often-illusive intel on healthcare's most vulnerable populations. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced its new ...

Improving federal data collection standards on race and ethnicity will be far from sufficient for equipping the health sector to meaningfully address health inequities. Based on interviews with more ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical need for robust and equitable public health systems in Canada that address the population’s diverse needs. One of the most glaring issues during the ...

At every stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, national reporting of racial and ethnic disparities in Covid-19 testing, diagnosis, disease severity, treatment, and vaccination by clinicians, public health ...

For women—but not men—who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, the overall CV health impact posed by being a sexual minority differs depending on their racial/ethnic background, an observational analysis ...

Algorithms are currently used to assist in a wide array of health care decisions. Despite the general utility of these health care algorithms, there is growing recognition that they may lead to ...

Racial and ethnic minorities have unequal access to healthcare and are more likely to experience health disparities. Collecting accurate and meaningful race, ethnicity and language (REaL) information ...

Health Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness of Children's Oncology Group Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for Chest-Irradiated Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors The high incidence rates of cervical cancer in ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an ad hoc committee to assess the use of the social constructs of race and ethnicity in biomedical research. The study will ...