Research finds that many health care system employees are uncertain about the meaning of 'health equity'

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Research finds that many health care system employees are uncertain about the meaning of 'health equity'
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In a major hospital system in Atlanta, less than one-fourth of employees were able to define either equity or health equity, according to a study published in the Journal of Healthcare Management.

, according to the report by Melissa Uehling, an M.D./Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Emory University, and colleagues led by Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, Chief Health Equity Officer at Grady Health System in Atlanta."We anticipated that management and administration-level employees would generally have a higher level of understanding, but the results did not support this supposition," the researchers write.

Employees were first asked to define equality, equity, and health equity. They typed their answers anonymously into their personal mobile phones, and specialized software analyzed the responses later. The researchers defined a"correct" definition of health equity as one that acknowledged the importance of determining individual needs and tailoring treatment to achieve equality.

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