Od-032206 MGUH Pediatric Grand Rounds-IEM: Operationalizing Racial Equity Concepts in Health System Performance
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Description
This course offers 0.75 Continuing Professional Education credits. To claim the credits, the course must be completed prior to April 29, 2028. Once your evaluation is complete, log on to https://medstar.cloud-cme.com and toggle to your transcript to find the credits the next business day.
This is a recording of a previous live Grand Rounds. Grand Rounds provides a venue for the healthcare team to learn with, from, and about each other by developing continuous lifelong learning through lectures and case discussions on relevant topics, as well as current research. MedStar Health’s quality and performance data is used to drive educational content. Healthcare expenditures represent approximately 18% of the nation’s GDP. Moreover, the country spends approximately two times more per capita than other industrialized countries. Racial disparities in health and healthcare are key drivers of these expenses. Eradicating disparities and advancing population health will require all sectors of society (e.g., education, housing, criminal justice, healthcare, etc.) to conduct critical audits of how vestiges of racial inequality, exclusion, and bias exists in how services are organized, delivered, and financed.
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- Cite examples of how institutional norms perpetuate racial differences in patients’ experiences and clinical outcomes
- Contextualize the institution of healthcare as a microcosm of a broader ecosystem rooted in racial injustice
- Explore resources, tools, and innovation to operationalize racial equity in functional areas across the enterprise
- Recognize racial equity as a pre-requisite for advancing the quality agenda
- Reflect on the evolution of medical care through the lens of people of color