Comagine Health Blog
Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
Achieving health equity requires dismantling the systems that prevent everyone from achieving health equity and building more equitable systems in partnership with the communities we serve. As health care organizations, we have a critical role to play in these efforts and data is a powerful tool to help us get there.
While powerful, we must also remember that there is a unique person behind every data point, a person whose health story may not be fully captured by data alone. So, what do we do? There are three primary ways health care organizations can use their data to illuminate and address health equity.
First,…
Sara will be moderating the panel discussion “Using Linked Health Data Sets for Population Health Science” at the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) annual conference, Sept. 28-30, 2021.
There has been a lot of media coverage in the past several years about the shockingly high and increasing rate of maternal mortality in the United States, which inequitably impacts Black women, indigenous women and women of color. More than 700 women died from pregnancy…
We’re back for part two of our series with Dr. John H. Vassall, physician executive for Quality, Safety and Equity.
In our first conversation with Dr. Vassall, we covered the basics of vaccine safety and hesitancy. Dr. Vassall, one of our state’s top experts on vaccine safety, also shared his advice for discussing vaccines with loved ones.
These discussions are important, especially as we work toward full vaccination across Washington. In today’s post, we dive into how…