Defined by the World Health Organization as systematic differences in the health status of different population groups, health inequity remains a fundamental issue in our healthcare system and society ...

May 09, 2024 - Federal agencies are turning up the volume on their warnings to private equity (PE) investors to stop putting profit motives before patient health. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ...

Promote the idea that health equity is a core competency of governance (for more information, see Non-Profit Hospital Governance: Overview on Practical Law). Explain that governing bodies that take ...

Amid increasing calls for regulation, The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke to Penn experts about the role of private equity in health care and the risks it may pose.

A pregnant African-American woman with her doula or birth support coach. The expectant mother, who had pink hair and is wearing a pink shirt, is sitting outdoors on a patio sofa smiling. The doula, a ...

(Editor’s note: The federal government has removed several web pages linked to in this brief. Where possible, links to archived versions have been inserted.) Data are the cornerstone of public health ...

As a psychiatrist working with marginalized and underserved individuals, I see firsthand how poverty impacts health and timely access to healthcare. How can we treat depression in a patient who ...

It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment that mental health awareness moved from private conversations in clinicians’ offices into the cultural conversation. As people began to look up and pay attention ...

As we prepare to usher in a new class of the Health Equity Fellowship for Trainees (HEFT), I am proud to reflect on the program’s achievements so far. HEFT was formed four years ago to increase the ...