Communication impacts people’s access to health care and their health outcomes. The cost of not addressing communication barriers in hospitals has been estimated at $6.8 billion annually [1]. Our video course Foundations of Equitable Interpersonal Communication has a statistically significant impact on participants’ communication. Our exclusive BRIDGES approach connects equity to communication in an actionable […]
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Episode 146 “Everyone cares about health equity but we don’t always know what to do next”
This episode is about moving from talk about health equity to action on health equity. Hear about common challenges in doing health equity work. And we announce a new miniseries dedicated to communication in public health. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Today’s episode is about moving from talk about health equity to action on health equity. You’ll learn […]
Your chance to weigh in on standards for federal race and ethnicity data
Action on health equity is top of mind for most of us in healthcare and public health. Analyzing health inequities can include identifying where disparities exist, by using data to identify health differences between groups. Yet researchers and practitioners have drawn attention to limitations of existing data sources for measuring health disparities. At this time, […]
Episode 145 An opening reflection for meetings in healthcare
Starting a meeting with a reflection is a powerfully humanizing move. In this episode, I share a short passage about communication that would be appropriate to open any meeting, and for any audience. It invites us to see connections between words and thoughts, and consider their impact on our relationships and world. Listen here and […]
Episode 143 Context matters to patient communication in more ways than one
Large sets of quantitative data are irreplacable resources in medicine and public health. But there are many important questions large data sets weren’t designed to answer, questions where on-the-ground research is needed. In this episode, I sample some crucial contributions ethnography has made to what we know about the influence of context on thinking, communication, […]
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