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 ...

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 ...

Anne N. Sosin ([email protected]), Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Elizabeth A. Carpenter-Song, Dartmouth College. Health equity efforts in rural places have grown in recent years; however, ...

Today, the U.S. has more than 18 million living veterans. As this population ages and medical needs increase, there is more need than ever to recognize our obligations as a nation and to find ways to ...

A global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the underlying causes of ill health often stem from factors beyond the health sector, such as lack of quality housing, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover transformation and innovation across the health care industry. The last five years ushered in a wave of performative ...

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...

As the national organization representing nearly 50,000 physicians and other health care professionals specializing in cancer treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and research, ASCO supports effective ...

Private-equity firms’ rapid pace of health care acquisitions have prompted discussions about their influence on the US health care system. Policy makers, especially at the state level, are exploring ...

Health equity news appearing in the August issue of Evidence-Based Oncology. Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, of the American Medical Association (AMA) ...