Health Equity Summit

On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, health care leaders from across the U.S. gathered for the Advancing Health Equity: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond event at Yale University’s Greenberg Conference Center in New Haven.

Panelists and facilitators fostered discussions about health equity by highlighting strategies to increase health care access and reduce outcomes disparities and discussing how academic medical centers and health systems can achieve advanced health equity across the country.

Additionally, the Yale Department of Internal Medicine team shared learnings during the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in lower mortality rates, especially among patients from underrepresented populations.

Benjamin Mba, MBBS, referenced the Institute of Medicine’s report on unequal treatment published 20 years ago in his opening remarks, "There has been no significant change [in care] with many of the same conditions studied.”

Unfortunately, the COVID pandemic has further unmasked significant health and health care disparities in our society, but together, we can make a difference.