URL 1: https://nihcm.org/publications/systemic-racism-health-solutions-making-change
Date Developed: 08/11/2020. Source: National Institute for Health Care Management. Presenter(s): Sheree Crute, MA; Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, PhD, MPH; Derek Robinson, MD, MBA, FACEP, CHCQM; Tiffany Netters, MPA, PMP. Type: Webinar. Level: Introductory. Length: 59 minutes.
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the impact of systemic racism on the health of Black Americans. Long-standing social and economic inequities have contributed to multiple social determinants of health that increase the risk of getting or dying from COVID-19. In the United States, Black Americans are dying at 2.5 times the rate of white Americans, while facing barriers to testing, treatment, and options for prevention and self-protection. This webinar discussed how systemic racism harms health, and how solutions-based approaches at the state and community level are making a difference.
• How health is not created in the health system and how we need to sustain a focus on racism moving forward and improving health and the health care system
• A health plan’s comprehensive approach to addressing racism in health care through provider anti-bias training, efforts to increase workforce diversity and the incorporation of equity into value-based care arrangements
• How a local system of health centers is focusing on grassroots strategies and efforts to address systemic racism and improve health outcomes in the community