What can hospitals do to address health disparities in their communities? Vikas Saini and Shannon Brownlee answer questions about health disparities in this edition of our new video series, "Lown Hospitals Q&A." More
In recent years, extreme disparities in maternal mortality in the US have been brought to light. Could new hospital policies in the pandemic make these disparities worse? More
When resources are scarce, as they are in this pandemic, decisions about who gets which resources are fraught. How will people of color be affected? More
When we characterize ED visits as "inappropriate," we are essentially faulting patients for making the decision to go to the ED; however there is a lot more behind that decision than simply a patient's choice. More
Health care experts explain the potential downsides to the artificial intelligence "revolution." More
Solutions for increasing racial and gender equity in health care, from the Atlantic Pulse conference. More
At the Atlantic Pulse conference, health care experts proposed several "fixes" for the medical education system. More
A new study finds that trauma care is less accessible to residents of black-majority census tracts in certain cities, demonstrating another consequence of structural violence. More
Every state in America has at least one county in which there is no doctor. What's driving the shortage of physicians and what can we do about it? More