Welcome to the UW Medicine
Office of Healthcare Equity
At UW Medicine, we believe that healthcare is a fundamental human right and everyone should have the same access and opportunities for the best possible outcomes.
We are committed to transforming the way care is provided to eliminate inequities. Healthcare equity is not owned by one department or leader – everyone shares responsibility. We can all take action in our own spheres of influence and in the work we control.
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Long COVID’s deep impact on Latinos
“Every aspect of health care is lacking in the valley,” Yakima Herald-Republic health reporter Santiago Ochoa tells me. In interview after interview, Yakima Valley residents and health care workers sketch […]
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AAMC Strategy Summit Proceedings
This report focuses on the outputs of the Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine inaugural Strategy Summitheld Oct. 20-21, 2022, in Washington, D.C. With over 100 participants that included […]
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What Día de Muertos Can Teach Us About Healthy Grieving
Despite the universality of death, many of us are not very comfortable with it — or with the grieving process. “The dominant culture in the US does not want to focus […]
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Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Awards
2024 Distinguished Service Award We proudly recognize and acknowledge Frankie Manning, MSN, RN a nurse devoted to public service with a nursing career in roles within the U.S. Department of […]
Opportunities
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
