Health equity plans may require allocating resources differently to achieve an equal outcome. In contrast, health equality provides the same resources to everyone regardless of circumstance.

The report, “Defining the Role of the Health Equity Officer: Guidance for Health Systems,” outlines the key functions, values, responsibilities and competencies required for the position.

The Joint Commission has created a Health Care Equity Resource Center to help hospitals achieve safer, more equitable care, the organization said Oct. 26.

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While welcoming attendees, Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, UB’s vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School, emphasized that “health equity is really the cornerstone of what we do here ...

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Not every advance in medicine needs to be a grand gesture. Even small changes, like substituting aspirin for low-molecular weight heparin, can provide profound improvements in health equity.

Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital have received The Joint Commission’s Health Care Equity Certification.