Articles Tagged With: racism
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Many Patients Perceive Discrimination at ED Visit
Is a patient unhappy with the way they were treated in the ED? Some patients might assume they received poor care because of their race, gender, or age, or because of their appearance, income, or health literacy level.
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Patient Objections to Caregivers Create Difficult Situations
Healthcare organizations could find themselves in a difficult position if a patient or family member refuses care from a clinician because of race, sex, or sexual orientation. If the situation arises, the law is clear even if following it will make the patient or family upset.
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Is There Racial Tension Among Your Staff?
A sweeping survey on racism by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation yielded some damning findings about nurse-to-nurse racism. A staggering 72% of Black nurses reported experiencing racial discrimination from their own nurse colleagues. The patient level was higher at 88%, but racial incidents involving so many colleagues is disturbing, considering nurses are perennially voted the “most trusted” profession.
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Tackling Bias in Healthcare Requires Awareness, Data-Gathering, and High-Level Commitment
Healthcare systems have collectively turned their attention to promoting equity and rooting out bias. The results of a recently published study of how emergency nurses experience and react to bias suggests much work remains. Further, the authors maintained significant change is likely to require a firm commitment from the upper ranks of institutions to ensure equity is not just a slogan.
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SHEA 2023: Pandemic Past Must Inform the Future
Part post-mortem, part vision quest, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2023 meeting largely was a look at the pandemic past and what beasts are yet to come.
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Robust Data Collection, Careful Review Key to Preventing Disparities
A Boston health system has launched a multimillion dollar program aimed at eliminating disparities and promoting antiracist care.
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Addressing Racism and Microaggressions in Healthcare
Black women in healthcare face entrenched racism on a daily basis, from the death by a thousand cuts of microaggressions to the longstanding barriers to leadership positions.
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Calling Out Systemic Racism in Healthcare
It is time to speak out about entrenched racism in the American healthcare system, particularly after researchers have been targeted by white supremacists who claim better care for people of color will come at the expense of Caucasian patients.
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Leading Nursing Group Experiences ‘Racial Reckoning’
In an act of unvarnished accountability, the American Nurses Association has examined its past actions on race and found them wanting.
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Consult Services Should Address Racism and Bias
Hospitals are addressing health equity and combatting racism in all areas, including ethics. Members of an ethics consult service can develop recommendations for consultants to help address health equity and promote anti-racism, both in care of individual patients and in institutional policy.