ASA members write on addressing health disparities to improve patient safety on KevinMD.com
In the article, Lilibeth Fermin, M.D., and Govind Rangrass, M.D., discussed how health disparities affect patient safety in minority and vulnerable populations and shared solutions for prioritizing health equity. “At the system level, it is important for institutions and hospitals to create a culture of equity, provide health equity training, encourage health equity initiatives in research and the clinical field, promote governance that supports health equity, and provide financial incentives for measures that are linked to health equity,” they wrote.