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By Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala
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Under the visionary leadership of Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera, the state of Colorado hopes to connect 99% of households to high-speed internet by 2027. This is just one of the initiatives in a larger plan to lead by example in establishing sustainable practices for addressing health care inequity. As Lt. Governor Primavera moves into her second term, she is prioritizing more equitable legislation surrounding housing, healthcare and education.
As the Covid-19 pandemic brought to light, many households have been negatively impacted by increasingly expensive healthcare and lack of access to digital services. In order to prevent financial toxicity, a scenario in which individuals are bankrupted by medical bills, Primavera and a team of dedicated professionals have established several innovative programs. One such program is the In Full Health Initiative, which provides resources and opportunities for organizations to connect, educate, and develop solutions to problems plaguing the healthcare system. Learning from each other in a community where many diverse voices are represented is the best way to advance equitable health innovations.
Director of the Office of eHealth Innovation Stephanie Pugliese also joins the conversation. The goals of the eHealth Commission are to make information more accessible through coordinated health systems and expanding the inclusivity of health solutions. One of the first steps for achieving equity is through data collection. Colorado recently passed a bill which requires the Health Department to gather demographic data. This information helps establish a collective picture of the challenges people continue to face in receiving access to quality healthcare and health education services across the state. Working together to address growing needs in ever-changing times makes Colorado a national model for prioritizing equal access to a universal human right.
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https://www.facebook.com/LtGovofCO/
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In part two of this two-part episode, KP continues to share his personal story about his diagnosis of early-stage, moderately aggressive prostate cancer. As a young black male with no known prior history, he was significantly under the age to be screened for this condition. But he got screened early, and is thankfully cancer free after treatment from great physicians.
In this conversation, KP is joined by Ahmad Garrett-Price MD, a board certified family physician and the founder of GP Health. As a top family physician, Ahmad brings the clinical view as well as the context surrounding this issue. The two discuss KP’s cancer journey, Ahmad’s clinical expertise and experience, and the importance of examining the context surrounding men’s health in the Black community.
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Show Resources:
https://www.pcf.org/about-prostate-cancer/diagnosis-staging-prostate-cancer/gleason-score-isup-grade/
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-garrett-price-md-3438b0148/
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In part one of this two-part episode, KP shares his personal story about his diagnosis of early-stage, moderately aggressive prostate cancer. As a young black male with no known prior history, he was significantly under the age to be screened for this condition. But he got screened early, and is thankfully cancer free after treatment from great physicians.
But this journey has led him to unpacking the topic of cancer, and specifically prostate cancer, among the Black male population.
In this conversation, KP is joined by Ahmad Garrett-Price MD, a board certified family physician and the founder of GP Health. As a top family physician, Ahmad brings the clinical view as well as the context surrounding this issue. The two discuss KP’s cancer journey, Ahmad’s clinical expertise and experience, and the importance of examining the context surrounding men’s health in the Black community.
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Connect with Ahmad:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-garrett-price-md-3438b0148/
Connect with KP:
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As we near the end of season 2 of the InOn Health podcast, KP looks back on some of his favorite episodes from season 1 of the show.
KP’s Top 5 Episodes:
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Joy Lewis—senior vice president of health equity strategies at the American Hospital Association—joins KP in this episode of the InOn Health podcast. They discuss the impact of hospitals in reducing health disparities for various populations in the United States.
Joy reveals the vision of the American Hospital Association, which focuses on achieving a society of healthy communities with individuals reaching their highest potential for health, where everyone receives the necessary support to live the healthiest life possible. She provides insights into how (modifiable) societal factors influence health outcomes and conditions. She describes the advancement of health equity demonstrated as:
"We will know we've achieved health equity when the quality of care that’s rendered does not vary based on characteristics like race, ethnicity, gender, geographic and socioeconomic status.”
Joy explains advancing health equity involves removing structural barriers—dismantling the existing structure requires implementing more just action, such as creating a moral case of listening to patients as the first step. She explains how hospitals are the most influential institutions in the communities they serve. She further elaborates how the health/medical industry should pivot towards a more inclusive community partnership, involving co-designing and co-developing health equity solutions, ultimately creating sustainable solutions.
Joy discusses the path to advancing equity and eliminating disparities requires the ongoing development of products, information, and resources. She outlines the evolvement in data-gathering—traditionally focused on race, ethnicity, and language—now pivoting to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and social needs. She elaborates how this data—including other factors like housing conditions, food insecurity, and transportations needs—impacts people's abilities to engage in their health. Collecting this data would serve as a guide to provide the proper clinical support while eliminating biases to ensure it does not negatively impact patients.
Connect with Joy Lewis:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyalewis/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-hospital-association/
https://twitter.com/joylewisMPH
https://twitter.com/IFD_AHA
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Dr. Brittani James, family physician and Co-Founder of The Institute for Antiracism in Medicine, joins KP in the ongoing discussion addressing health equity. Dr. James begins the conversation by sharing her upbringing, witnessing segregated systems in and outside the healthcare system. She reveals how the Covid-19 pandemic spotlighted the racial disparities in the healthcare systems and the mental health impact on the Black community.
While attending medical school at the University of Michigan, Dr. James reflects learning how black individuals are more inclined to experience health issues, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, but never taught the explanation of why. She further explains how race is often regarded as a biologically distinct entity, which has led to false conclusions that people of color are biologically different. This fundamental flaw inaccurately suggests and justifies the concept that people of color are “inferior” to other races on a biological and genetic level. Dr. James discusses how this misconception is evident in research studies, especially in medical journals, which are primary sources of information in medicine. She provides insights into the harmful effects of the lack of editorial neutrality in medical journals, such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, blocking scholarship of racism and findings in research.
The Institute of Antiracism in Medicine is designed to train clinicians to recognize implicit biases by providing tools to serve as advocates for their patients, understanding how to engage in the topic of racism, and ultimately eliminating racism from the healthcare system. Dr. James explains confronting racism and implementing change requires a clear understanding of its foundation. The first steps to creating change involve identifying your influence and recognizing relationships in your life.
Connect with Dr. Brittani James:
www.drbrittanijames.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbrittanij/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-institute-for-antiracism-in-medicine/
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Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH currently serves as the chief health equity officer and senior vice president for the American Medical Association (AMA) where she focuses on embedding health equity across all the work of the AMA and leading its Center for Health Equity.
She joined the AMA in April 2019 as the association's inaugural chief health equity officer to launch AMA’s Center for Health Equity. Prior to this, Dr. Maybank served as the founding deputy commissioner for the Center for Health Equity at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Aimed at strengthening equity efforts and transforming organizational culture, the Center became a model of success recognized by NYC leadership, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. She was instrumental in infusing equity at the neighborhood level and advancing the department’s place-based approach to addressing health inequities. She also set precedence with groundbreaking work at the Office of Minority Health in the Suffolk County Department of Health Services while serving as the founding director.
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Connect with Aletha:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aletham/
https://twitter.com/dralethamaybank
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André Blackman is a strategist, eco-system builder and entrepreneur, working in public health and social innovation. Founder and CEO of Onboard Health, specialized executive search and advisory firm focused on creating a more inclusive healthcare industry.
In this episode we discuss his personal journey and career, his views of DEI, and what is required to sustain efforts to build a more equitable health system in the United States.
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Connect with André:
https://www.onboardhealth.co
https://twitter.com/mindofandre
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreblackman/
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Ashlee Wisdom is a writer, healthcare professional and challenger of the status quo. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Health in Her Hue, a digital platform that connects Black women and women of color to culturally sensitive healthcare providers, health content and community. She’s a champion for health equity and has a passion for taking an equitable approach to healthcare innovation. Most recently, she worked for Junto Health, where she was the program director for the strategic venture group.
In this episode, we dive into her personal journey, what lead her to start Health in Her Hue, her challenges and successes as an entrepreneur, and her experience raising venture capital as a woman of color.
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Episode Links:
https://healthinherhue.com
Connect with Ashlee:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashlee-wisdom-mph-7114a040/
https://www.instagram.com/ashleejwisdom/
https://twitter.com/AshleeWisdom
https://www.ashleewisdom.com
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Dr. Félix Manuel Chinea is the Head of Health Equity & Inclusion Strategy at Doximity where he applies an equity-centered, inclusion lens to impact people, practices, and products. He is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine with experience in health disparities and health equity research. Through this work, he highlighted the need for disaggregated data within the Latine community to address disparities in prostate cancer outcomes.
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Connect with Félix:
https://felixmchinea.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixmchineamd/
https://twitter.com/felixmchinea
Connect with KP:
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The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.