Measuring and Monitoring Health Equity in Healthcare Organizations

Dr. Jon Tilburt, from the Division of General Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale AZ ,and the Biomedical Ethics Research Program at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale AZ, and Rochester, MN, reviews his article appearing in the August 2024 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, where his team took on the task of re-examining Mayo Clinic’s commitment to equity in healthcare and combatting the lingering effects of racism. He emphasizes the complexity in large organizations for maintaining long-term commitments in an ever-evolving environment and the success that can come from measuring something. He confirms the resulting data will yield results. Dr. Tilburt also notes the article offers several ways organizations can assess their own performance related to health equity, to insure that words and deeds match. Available at: mayocl.in/3Vy6Hwn