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Population Health Management Recorded Webinar

Understanding and Pursuing Health Equity: Opportunities to Take Action

This webinar recording on health equity and radiology is designed to provide radiologists with insight on how they can take action to ensure quality care for all members of their communities. Presenters include leaders from the American Medical Association (AMA) and the 黑料网 (黑料网) in the areas of health system equity and inclusion. Experts describe how overcoming racial, socio-economic, and geographical barriers supports high quality imaging care and vibrant practices.

Instructions for Claiming Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits

Instructions to Receive Credit
In order to successfully complete the activity, participants must complete an activity post-test and evaluation. Participants must receive an 80% or higher score on the post-test. The participant has three attempts to pass the post-test and claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
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Planner/Manager Disclosures
The following planners and managers have no financial relationships to disclose:
McKinley Glover, MD; Syed Zaidi, MD; Becky Haines; Ted Reuss; Meg Samples; Nazish Khaliq; Christopher Hobson; Alexis LaCount; Lisa Gunderman

Faculty Disclosures
The following faculty members have no financial relationships to disclose:
Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI; Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH; Arun Krishnaraj, MD, MPH; Fernando De Maio, PhD; Ruth Carlos, MD, MS; Andrea Borondy Kitts, MSM, MPH; Efren Flores, MD; Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

Recognize the ways in which patient testimonials illustrate health inequities and how they may be used to enhance understanding of health disparities.
Define a racial equity plan.
List ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and exacerbated structural barriers.
Identify the ways in which financial toxicity creates barriers to receiving timely care.
Describe how technology can be leveraged as a tool to promote health equity by improving communication between providers and patients from underserved communities.

Accreditation and Designation Statements

Physician Accreditation Statement
The 黑料网 is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Credit Designation
The 黑料网 designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Credits awarded for this enduring activity are designated SA-CME by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and qualify toward fulfilling requirements for Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part II: Livelong Learning and Self-Assessment.

For information about the accreditation of this program, please contact the 黑料网 at info@acr.org.

CME Released: 10/2/2020
CME Expires: 10/2/2023

Agenda

Efren Flores, MD and Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH: Introduction and Overview
Poll #1
Andrea Borondy Kitts: Patient story
Fernando De Maio, PhD: Health Equity: Comparative and Historical Perspectives
Joseph Betancourt, MD MPH: Structural Equity: Lessons from 2020
Consuelo Wilkins, MD MSCI: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Inequities through a Racial Equity Plan
Arun Krishnaraj, MD MPH: Leveraging Technology to Improve Communication for Marginalized Patients
Ruth Carlos, MD MS: Understanding the Impact of Financial Toxicity on Health Equity
Q&A

Moderators

Efren Flores, MD

Officer, Radiology Community Health & Equity
Massachusetts General Hospital

Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH

Vice Chair of Health Equity
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speakers

Andrea Borondy Kitts, MSM, MPH

Lung Cancer and Patient Advocate

Fernando De Maio, PhD

Director, Health Equity Research and Data Use
American Medical Association

Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH

Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Massachusetts General Hospital

Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI

Vice President for Health Equity
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Arun Krishnaraj, MD, MPH

Chair, 黑料网 Patient- and Family-Centered Care Commission

Ruth Carlos, MD, MS

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