Topic in Focus: Health Care Equity

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2025 HOD Annual Meeting education sessions
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Annual Meeting education sessions

Get a detailed overview of the upcoming education sessions being held during the 2025 Annual Meeting.

Annual Meeting
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Recruitment through culture: Rush’s secret to physician satisfaction

Amid evolving health care challenges, physicians at Rush University System for Health are leading change through innovation, mentorship and community.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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Let your passions drive your research in medical school, residency

Physicians who have made their mark with health equity research detail what medical students and residents should keep in mind to succeed.

Health Equity
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Big-city resident physicians get a taste of rural medicine

A four-week rotation at Sanford Health Bemidji gives Minneapolis residents exposure that could boost the supply of physicians practicing in rural areas. 

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Transition to Attending
Thriving in Residency
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Rush study finds familiar faces can help lower congregations’ BP

Working with community health workers recruited from Black churches results in average 10% drop in systolic blood pressure. 

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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How physicians can help reduce inequities in diabetes prevention

Identifying and fixing gaps in the care process boosts diabetes-prevention referrals. Physician champions are key to effective change.

Health Equity
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Switch to race-neutral test fixes missed asthma among Black kids

Henry Ford Health is among the organizations shifting to a lung-function equation free of false racial differences in lung capacity. 

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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“If you see it, you can be it” mantra animates YouTube kids show

Social media rock star and AMA member Joel Bervell, MD, hopes the streaming show, “The Doctor is In,” will inspires kids to consider medicine as a career.

Health Equity
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For millions with hypertension, home BP cuffs aren’t a good fit

When blood-pressure cuffs are too small, it can lead to higher BP about 40% of the time, which leads to improper treatment. Change is needed. 

Prevention & Wellness