Ending Unequal Treatment: A Systems Approach

Speakers: Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP, FACEP (E), FNAPA, and Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH, MS, FACP.
Link to the video, "Ending Unequal Treatment: A Conceptual Framework for Recommendations," mentioned in the webinar: • Ending Unequal Treatme...
Racial and ethnic inequities in health and health care impact individual well-being, contribute to millions of premature deaths, and cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Addressing these inequities is vital to improving the health of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities and to helping achieve optimal health for all. This talk discusses the report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM): Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All as a blueprint to address inequities in health care and health.
Learning Objectives: After this webinar, attendees will be able to:
-Describe the major drivers of health care inequities.
-Explain why some interventions have been successful and others have not at reducing inequities over the past 20 years.
-Cite examples of recommended actions to take in the future to reduce health care inequities, and understand how they fit into a larger ethical framework.
Participants are eligible to receive a Certificate of Attendance to submit to their respective professions for CEUs. Certificates of Attendance are available only to attendees of the live webinar who are present for 75% or more of the talk.
Health professions students are eligible for IPE credit. IPE credit is available only to webinar attendees who are present for 75% or more of the talk and complete a written reflection form.
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP, FACEP (E), FNAPA, is a well-known health policy leader, practitioner, and administrator. He currently serves as the executive director of the American Public Health Association, the nation's oldest and largest organization of public health professionals. He is also a former secretary of Health for the state of Maryland where he oversaw a $4.5 billion agency. Dr. Benjamin is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine, a Master of the American College of Physicians, a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, a fellow emeritus of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. At APHA, he serves as the publisher for APHA Press, the American Journal of Public Health and The Nation’s Health newspaper. In addition, he sits on several outside nonprofit boards such as Research!America (Vice chair), the Environmental Defense Fund and Ceres.
Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH, MS, FACP, is the Ellen H. Block Professor of Health Justice in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago. She is an internist, bioethicist and health services researcher. Dr. Peek’s research has focused on doctor/patient relationships and shared decision-making among racial minorities, diabetes translation research, and address structural inequities that impact healthcare delivery and health outcomes among marginalized patient populations. Dr. Peek has served as the principal investigator for grants from institutions such as NIDDK, NHLBI, PCORI, AHRQ, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, the Merck Foundation and others.