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Why BMCHS Just Launched Its Health Equity Accelerator

Web2020, the year that rattled healthcare systems around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the deep racial inequities that exist in healthcare and beyond. …

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What Are Social Determinants of Health

WebSocial determinants of health (SDoH) are factors in a person’s life and environment that impact their health outcomes in positive or negative ways. These …

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'We Need Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Solve Tough Problems'

WebWhat matters most is the process. Really, we hope to spur innovation and collaboration among a younger generation so that they understand that this is the way …

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Community Health Centers: A Role Model for Addressing Social …

WebFor more than 50 years, CHCs have played an integral but often unheralded role in our nation’s healthcare system, delivering neighborhood-based primary care …

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Health Equity vs. Health Equality: What's the Difference

WebElena Mendez-Escobar, PhD, MBA: When we talk about these terms, it’s helpful to imagine a group of people of different heights, ages, and abilities standing …

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Behavioral Health HealthCity

WebTelepsychiatry Shows Promise As a Key Tool for ACOs. May 19. For more on behavioral health including risk factors, treatment, and useful skills to develop, read the articles below.

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Food and Nutrition HealthCity

WebFor more information on food and nutrition, read the articles below.

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What Is Upstream Healthcare

WebSimply put, upstream healthcare is any approach to disrupt these structural barriers and to transform a person’s quality of life and health outcomes. By improving …

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Alison LeBlanc, MS, PMP, Author at HealthCity

WebAlison LeBlanc, MS, PMP. Alison LeBlanc is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion and health equity. She is currently the director of strategic development for the …

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"Rewriting Healthcare Means Moving From Charity to Equity"

WebPMC: Rewriting healthcare means approaching patients and community with love and care. Rewriting healthcare means listening to patients and to our community, …

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'You're Treating the Kid, but the Family Is the System' HealthCity

WebOnly about 20% of the children in the United States who experience behavioral health issues receive specialized care, and it's not hard to understand …

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Food Systems HealthCity

WebBringing Healthy Food and a Community Hub to Roxbury. Aug 03. Policy and Industry.

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) HealthCity

WebSpecial Pathogens Unit Nurses Are Already Preparing for the Next New Virus. Aug 03. For more information on the COVID-19 pandemic, read the articles below.

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Demystifying Mpox, the Latest Public Health Emergency

WebOn Friday August 5, the U.S. declared mpox, then called monkeypox, a public health emergency.In response, Cassandra Pierre, MD, MPH, infectious disease …

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Pediatrician Megan Sandel Presents a Housing Model for Families …

Web"One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has really made clear is that it has increased housing stability from a crisis to now, really, a pandemic in and of itself," …

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What Is Harm Reduction

WebMassachusetts saw more than 2,300 opioid overdose mortalities in 2022, the most of any year. The rising prevalence of fentanyl in the drug supply, as well as the …

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