42 episodes

Prioritizing Equity illuminates how determinants of health uniquely impact marginalized communities, public health and health equity, with an eye on both short-term and long-term implications.

Prioritizing Equity is produced by The AMA Center for Health Equity and hosted by AMA Chief Health Equity Officer & Senior Vice President, Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH. Listeners can earn CME while gaining valuable lessons in racial justice and health equity from leading voices in medicine and health care.

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Prioritizing Equity illuminates how determinants of health uniquely impact marginalized communities, public health and health equity, with an eye on both short-term and long-term implications.

Prioritizing Equity is produced by The AMA Center for Health Equity and hosted by AMA Chief Health Equity Officer & Senior Vice President, Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH. Listeners can earn CME while gaining valuable lessons in racial justice and health equity from leading voices in medicine and health care.

    Anchor Strategy — A Place-Based Approach for Health Equity

    Anchor Strategy — A Place-Based Approach for Health Equity

    This week's edition of the Prioritizing Equity series, we explore the Anchor Strategy — a place-based approach to building community health and wealth by means of local hiring, investing, purchasing, and community engagement via the West Side United case study and model.
    Panelists
    Ayesha Jaco, Executive Director, West Side United – Twitter: @WSUnitedChi Adam Alonso, Chief Executive Officer of BUILD Chicago David Ansell, MD, MPH, SVP, Community Health Equity Rush University Medical Center  Moderator
    Diana Derige, DrPH, Vice President, Health Equity Strategy, American Medical Association, Center for Health Equity - Twitter: @double_DRPH 
    Subscribe to the Prioritizing Equity podcast: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/ama-podcasts#ama-prioritizing-equity
     

    • 50 min
    Health Care Planning and Caring for Patients Experiencing Houselessness

    Health Care Planning and Caring for Patients Experiencing Houselessness

    In this edition of the Prioritizing Equity series, we explore the unique health care and social needs of patients experiencing houselessness and discuss the importance of equitable, holistic, cost effective, evidence-based discharge planning.
    Panelists
    Margot Kushel, MD, Professor of Medicine and Division Chief at the Division of Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center – Twitter: @MKushel  
    Stephen Brown, MSW, LCSW, Director of Preventive Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System Denise De Las Nueces, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program  Yinan Lan, MD, Homeless Health Medical Director, NYC Health + Hospitals 
     Dez Martinez, Founder of We Are Not Invisible and member of the BHHI Lived Expertise Advisory Board: @weinvisible  Moderator
    Emily Cleveland Manchanda, MD, MPH, Director of Social Justice Education and Implementation, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association - Twitter: @EClevelandMD   
    Subscribe to the Prioritizing Equity podcast: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/ama-podcasts#ama-prioritizing-equity
    Learn more: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-center-health-equity
    The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Embracing Public Safety and Health for Improved Firearm Violence Prevention

    Embracing Public Safety and Health for Improved Firearm Violence Prevention

    Firearm violence is a public health crisis. In this week's Prioritizing Equity panel, we explore the work of physicians in health systems and beyond in the realms of public health, public safety, and firearm violence prevention.
    Panel:
    Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, FACEP, Incoming Dean of Yale School of Public Health – Twitter: @meganranney
    Eric Reinhart, MD, PGY2 psychiatry resident at Northwestern University – Twitter: @_Eric_Reinhart
    Joseph V. Sakran, MD, MPH, MPA, FACS is the Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine – Twitter: @JosephSakran
    Dr. Brian Williams, MD, Trauma & Acute Care Surgeon in Dallas, TX – Twitter: @BHWilliamsMD
    Moderator: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, Chief Health Equity Officer, Senior Vice President, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association - Twitter: @DrAlethaMaybank 

    Subscribe to the Prioritizing Equity podcast: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/ama-podcasts#ama-prioritizing-equity
    Learn more: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-center-health-equity
    The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct

    • 44 min
    Advocating for Change in Native Health Policy: For Us, By Us

    Advocating for Change in Native Health Policy: For Us, By Us

    In this edition of our Prioritizing Equity series, join medical student organizers and policy advocates as they discuss increasing access to care in native communities and improving care within the Indian Health Services through health policy.
    Panel:
    Tamee Livermont [Tam/Me - Liv/er/Mont], MPH, Oglala Lakota Medical Student, UMN Medical School Alec Calac [Al/Ek- Cal/Ek], MD/PHD Candidate, UC San Diego, Association of Native American Medical Students Ashton Glover-Gatewood [Ash/ton-Glow/Ver-Gatewood], MPH, OMS-3, Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cherokee Nation  Moderator: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, Chief Health Equity Officer, Senior Vice President, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association - Twitter: @DrAlethaMaybank 

    Subscribe to the Prioritizing Equity podcast: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/ama-podcasts#ama-prioritizing-equity
    Learn more: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-center-health-equity
    The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct
     

    • 46 min
    Advancing Equity Through Quality and Safety Peer Network

    Advancing Equity Through Quality and Safety Peer Network

    Learn more about the AMA Peer Network: https://ama-assn.org/peer-network
    In this week's edition of our Prioritizing Equity series, Karthik Sivashanker, MD, MPH, Vice President at the AMA Center for Health Equity speaks with participants from the Peer Network for Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety program on their strategies to start operationalizing equity into their quality and safety operations.
    Panel:
    Aderonke Akingbola, MD, MMM, AGAF, CPE Vice President, Medical Affairs, Ochsner Health  Judy C. Washington, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Atlantic Medical Group Moderator: Karthik Sivashanker, MD, MPH, Vice President, Equitable Health Systems, AMA Center for Health Equity
    Topics discussed in this episode:
    Introduction Introduction of the panelists Equity at the intersection of health care quality and safety Addressing inequities through quality and safety reporting Peer Network framework Harm event reporting Creating psychological safe spaces Building teams to improve safety and equity The challenges of transforming the health care system Harm event case studies Successful outcomes from this work Lessons for health systems from the Peer Network Subscribe to the Prioritizing Equity podcast: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/ama-podcasts#ama-prioritizing-equity
    Learn more: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-center-health-equity
    The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct
     

    • 45 min
    Reproductive Health Care as a Human Right

    Reproductive Health Care as a Human Right

    Reproductive health care is a human right. Learn how this connects to health equity and explore the impacts of the overturn of Roe v. Wade with a panel of experts.
    Panel: 
    Lawrence Gostin, JD—Professor, Global Health Law at Georgetown University and Director, WHO Center on Global Health Law Jamila Perritt, MD, MPH—President and CEO, Physicians for Reproductive Health Krishna Upadhya, MD, MPH—Vice President, Quality Care and Health Equity, Planned Parenthood Federation of America Moderator: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH—chief health equity officer, senior vice president, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association
    Topics discussed in this episode:
    Introduction  Introduction of the panelists  Policing and criminalization of reproductive health care  Abortion access and inequities in health care  The end of Roe v Wade and a new legal frontier for abortion rights  The impact of the overturning of Roe and access to abortions  Substandard medical care being mandated by states  How the legal system can provide rights & access to health services  Abortion, reproductive justice, & human rights  Finding hope in health care justice work The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct

    • 33 min

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