Alex Sheldon (they/them) is the Executive Director of GLMA (previously known as the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association), the oldest and largest association of LGBTQ+ health professionals working to advance... read more →
Our identities affect, inform, and define the ways that we experience all parts of our lives—including our relationships with healthcare. Even with increasing national visibility1, LGBTQ+2 Americans continue to... read more →
To close the gaps within health equity, we must consciously design and develop technologies to be inclusive, and that begins with the data. You can’t fix what you can’t measure.... read more →
This #PrideMonth, Kameryn Lee, MD, joins Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH for a special Prioritizing Equity discussion on what physicians can do to best support and center the voices of #LGBTQ... read more →
Our 2021 CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity will guide you beyond diversity and inclusion commitments to the heart of the business opportunity ahead: addressing the intended and unintended impacts of your products,... read more →
The January 24, 2022 edition of the AMA's Prioritizing Equity series focuses on redistributive justice and its impact on the health of patients and communities that have been socially and... read more →
To measure healthcare innovation success and value, the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) created a fit-for-purpose evaluation framework that focuses on four dynamic measures of value—access, effectiveness, efficiency,... read more →
Starting in 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic heightened the awareness of existing health disparities within the United States (US) healthcare system. Research has shown that people of color are less... read more →
Black women in the U.S. are two to three times more likely to die during or following childbirth than white women. And although Black women are about as likely to... read more →
For far too long, investments in digital health solutions for women have been underfunded. According to Rock Health, just 3% of the US digital health deals since 2011 have focused... read more →