Early this year, The Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, BDHEA, hosted a national summit on advancing healthcare for Black Americans. Conversations centered around community health navigation, the future of work, and finding power in partners, among other pressing topics. With Black people facing increased barriers to accessing and utilizing health care, achieving health equity must be a top priority for every organization.
Records from the New York State Nurses Association and the state health department show at least 42 hospitals have closed across the Empire State since 2000.
After months of financial issues and disputes with the Blount County government in need of resolution, Blount Memorial Hospital has completed the sale of the MorningView Village facility.
The health care system in Houston, where more than a million customers lack power, was overwhelmed because some patients couldn’t be discharged amid a punishing heat wave.