Deep-seated racial and ethnic health disparities persist across the United States, even in states with otherwise high-performing health systems commonwealthfund.org/publications/f… Analysis of 25 indicators found dramatic disparities for Black, Hispanic, Indigenous Americans #health #Empathy

We hosted a seminar on interviewing and #empathy Our amazing group of med students, researchers managers and admin Enhancing empathy across NYU Langone Health

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#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #caregiving #quote

While opioids for cancer pain are recommended by many guidelines when frontline medications have failed, patients often have a range of reasons for being hesitant… (1/2) #hapc

Autism doesn’t discriminate. Autism research shouldn’t either statnews.com/2024/04/16/aut… New research from trail called SPARK-the largest ongoing study of #Autism documents social/systemic barriers that families of color face as they navigate..autism diagnosis & access to services

Doctors Take On Dental Duties to Reach Low-Income and Uninsured Patients kffhealthnews.org/MTgzNTYwMw via @kffhealthnews A trend across the US to integrate oral health into medical checkups for children, pregnant women & others who cannot afford or do not have easy access to dentists

“Having someone listen with empathy heals wounds.” #empathy

Would you replace your therapist with a chatbot? This Sunday, CBS News’ Jonathan LaPook, M.D reports on using AI-powered chatbots as a mental health support. 60Minutes.com

A nation with too few pediatricians could see health care costs soar statnews.com/2024/04/02/too… via STAT 'a lower proportion of medical school grads chose pediatrics...close to 30% of pediatric residency programs did not fill their residency positions' #Pediatrics #MedEd

Empathy all-important, health leader tells future and current physicians news.umanitoba.ca/?p=193257 From incoming president Canadian Medical Association “The number 1 role for physicians is the relationship w/ the patient..the most important thing..is the empathy that the physician shows.” #empathy

What the public might learn from Kate Middleton, the latest ‘famous patient’ statnews.com/2024/03/24/kat… via STAT Thoughts about 'celebrity patients' from Barron H. Lerner

Patients treated with greater empathy by healthcare staff report increased levels of satisfaction with their care, an important measure linked to... le.ac.uk/news/2024/janu… #patients #empathy

Fear, confusion, vulnerability...practicing empathy as a team helps, even when it's obvious #empathy Pulse

Disabled scientists are often left out of academia. The NIH can help change that statnews.com/2024/03/11/dis… Research supports the idea that gender, ethnicity, & sexual orientation diversity benefits institutions..attracting talent & increasing profitability' #diversitymatters

One woman’s battle to obtain life-saving methadone youtu.be/aM9Apqxiiug?si… STAT many methadone clinics rely on controlling/punitive strategies making it harder for patients to maintain recovery..people w/ severe addictions often least able to show up each morning #empathy

Celebrating women and girls today and everyday. The world benefits when girls and women get the opportunities they deserve #InternationalWomensDay2024

A disabled artist’s journey from ‘Oh, sorry’ to social justice activism statnews.com/2024/03/08/liv… via STAT Telling her story, using her advocacy to work on systemic issues that affect disabled people through an intersectional, global lens #activism #disabilities #art

pulsevoices.org/poems/brca1/ #poetry #stories 'At 65, our mother still resplendent,
smooth skin,
red toenail polish,
tanned legs.
Sucking on ice chips.
Each day, “descending one level
into Dante’s Inferno,”
she’d said.
An English major to the end.'

dailybruin.com/2024/02/25/opi… '..narrative helps us understand the depth & richness of human experience both in spite of & shaped by illness. Language becomes a mirror thru which we can see ourselves reflected in & with the wisdom of stories learn to move w/ kindness & #empathy '

Empathy: Vital in patient care but are we looking at it... : Amrita Journal of Medicine journals.lww.com/amjm/fulltext/… '...a simple pause in speech allowing the patient to express his feelings significantly impact the patient’s perception of empathy shown by the physician.' #empathy