NASEM Webinar Recording: Serious Illness Care, Racism and Health Disparities in the Era of COVID-19
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) held a webinar January 29, "Serious Illness Care, Racism and Health Disparities in the era of COVID-19."
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and exacerbated long-standing health disparities rooted in structural racism and has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color. The NASEM Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness hosted a discussion among members of the interdisciplinary care team sharing their individual perspectives and reflecting on their front-line experiences caring for seriously ill people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The discussion explored a range of issues, including lessons learned, long-term strategies to mitigate suffering for marginalized populations in the future, effective approaches to build community trust in the health care system as vaccines become more widely available, the role of clinical training in addressing health disparities, and models to help ensure access to care and equity for all people facing serious illness.
The John A. Hartford Foundation is one of the co-sponsors of the NASEM Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness.
To watch the webinar recording and to access the webinar materials, click here.
To go to the Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness, click here.
