Inequality in healthcare is a recognized problem.  I had the privilege of interviewing Brenda Ayers, MD.  The head of a task force to decrease and eliminate inequality in NUVANCE-HEALTH.   
I met Dr. Ayers as the Chief Hospitalist at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York.  
Her work in the Nuvance Health Network (Danbury Hospital, which is my employer, is part of this network) is already changing structures and effectively trying to deal with racial disparity.  
I interviewed her at Vassar in the Hospitalist's office, so some noises were not completely filtered. However, the interview was well worth the occasional noise.  
Please accompany me on this chapter of the Danbury Medical Files.  


Here a couple of articles to read and reflect:  

Sun M, Oliwa T, Peek ME, Tung EL. Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Feb;41(2):203-211. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01423. Epub 2022 Jan 19. PMID: 35044842; PMCID: PMC8973827.

Inker LA, Eneanya ND, Coresh J, Tighiouart H, Wang D, Sang Y, Crews DC, Doria A, Estrella MM, Froissart M, Grams ME, Greene T, Grubb A, Gudnason V, Gutiérrez OM, Kalil R, Karger AB, Mauer M, Navis G, Nelson RG, Poggio ED, Rodby R, Rossing P, Rule AD, Selvin E, Seegmiller JC, Shlipak MG, Torres VE, Yang W, Ballew SH, Couture SJ, Powe NR, Levey AS; Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration. New Creatinine- and Cystatin C-Based Equations to Estimate GFR without Race. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 4;385(19):1737-1749. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2102953. Epub 2021 Sep 23. PMID: 34554658; PMCID: PMC8822996.

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