“We know women are not well listened to in health care no matter what & [for] women of color, there’s even more of an issue.” - Elena Mendez-Escobar, MBA, PhD

We’re proud to partner with Point32Health to improve racial disparities in maternal health.

On The Boston Globe: bostonglobe.com/2023/04/24/met…

“Our goal is that every patient with a high risk (pregnancy) can have a doula,” said Elena Mendez-Escobar, MBA, PhD, executive director of Boston Medical Center's #HealthEquity Accelerator. “High risk, not just from a clinical point of view, but also from a social point of view.” bit.ly/3LtdVwB

Thank you for showcasing our SDoH programs! NEJM

We're #BMCProud to share our 2nd issue of Together @ BMCHS | 2021 #Diversity , #Equity , & #Inclusion Year in Review! 🎉 ⁣
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Explore highlights of the remarkable work from across our health system that shows our mission, values, & commitment to #DEI here: bit.ly/3het5XK

Great insight into #inequities created by an arbitrary selective #education system in this 2-part Malcolm Gladwell podcast from a couple years back open.spotify.com/episode/49CmDW…

Expanding #MOUD + implementing inpt addiction consult services can improve life expectancy, be cost affective, and serve as the basis for hospital-based strategies to combat the #opioidepidemic Raagini Jawa MD, MPH, FASAM Benjamin P. Linas Zoe Weinstein MD, MS The Lancet

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Join our very own Megan Sandel at the The White House forum for #health and #housing

Female doctors make $2 million less over a 40-year career than their male counterparts, new research estimates. More men become surgeons and women have been shown to spend more time with their patients, leading to fewer services that can be billed for. nyti.ms/31zKhkI

Calling all #runners ! Team BMC—Boston Medical Center's athletic #fundraising team—is now accepting applications for the 2022 Boston Marathon! Run with us this April in support of BMC's #healthequity initiatives: bit.ly/3GeTtdi

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Can’t wait to start our #SacredBirths journey with Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG and her team! #healthequity #justiceinpregnancy

#ICMYI : Opioid #overdose deaths among Black Americans are rising, but Black Americans are less likely to receive #naloxone or #MOUD Marc Larochelle Bill Soares Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc

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Let’s support the brilliance of doula, designer, photographer & writer Cheyenne Varner, owner of TheEducatedBirth, featuring illustrations 4 birthing communities & birth workers!! 2020 was the 1st time I saw illustrations of Black babies in Black bodies. theeducatedbirth.com

Join us next Thursday, December 9th at 12pm for our next #AddictionChat on Homeless and SUD with hosts Avik Chatterjee , Aisha Browder and Remy Lawrence

My colleagues Tejumola M. Adegoke Tina Yarrington, M.D are making progress in understanding what drives racial inequities in pregnancy, and moving towards action to eliminate them. #healthequity #healthjustice

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ICYMI on #HealthCity : BMC's Thea James & Elena Mendez-Escobar, MBA, PhD highlight how the #BMCaccelerator works to ensure that everyone can live a healthy life, regardless of their #race or #ethnicity .

Learn more: bit.ly/3Cp5nyO

Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MSc (she/they) Quentin Youmans, MD, MSc, FACC Mary-Ann Etiebet Sarah Szanton

“For every disease and disorder doctors treat, it's almost guesswork with our patients, because studies have never been done on them.” David Henderson, MD on the imperative to create new medical literature to get to #healthequity and #healthjustice

Excited to see my favorite Chef Pediatrician (pun intended) our Action Kitchen! Those ravioli look delicious Dr. Bob Vinci

Such an important thing to do: child tax credits give families invaluable resources they need to thrive #healthequity StreetCred Lucy Marcil, MD #childraxcredit