Achieving Equitable Cardiovascular Care for All
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Implication
Expert review demonstrates multi-domain strategies to reduce cardiovascular disparities in historically marginalized populations, highlighting scalable interventions to advance health equity.
Key Points
- Outline the American College of Cardiology's strategic framework to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities and achieve equitable cardiovascular care.
- Synthesized health equity priorities formulated by the American College of Cardiology Health Equity Task Force.
- Evaluated strategic interventions across six functional domains: workforce inclusivity, data/science tools, education, partnerships, policy advocacy, and clinical trial diversity.
- Identified six core equity domains targeting the Quadruple Aim of Health Equity: patient lived experience, population health, clinician well-being, and cost reduction.
- Highlighted scalable, evidence-based interventions addressing social determinants of health and structural barriers to mitigate cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Cite This Study
Douglass et al. (2024) studied this question.