Equity Landscape in Healthcare Quality: A Mixed-Methods Study of Efforts Within Surgical Quality Programs
Efforts aimed at achieving health equity exist but lack the necessary infrastructure, organization, and processes to support effective frontline practices. The findings from this study support consideration of standards development targeting problems and opportunities at both the institutional and program levels for advancing equity in quality improvement efforts.
Authors
- Lillian S. Kao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3567-8159)
- Avery B. Nathens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3785-3800)
- Karen Pollitt
- Bonnie Simpson Mason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6785-7266)
- Courtney Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6967-2882)
- Anoosha Moturu
- Jessica Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2706-746X)
- Clifford Y. Ko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3186-8673)
Institutions
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- Toronto General Hospital (CA)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- American College of Surgeons (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/xcs.0000000000001254
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.42