With a UMass Memorial Health donation for health equity efforts, the City of Worcester hired a vendor to integrate and manage public health data that could help improve health in the city.
This community-based outreach successfully encourages immigrant men to be screened for prostate cancer and provides them with advanced treatment options.
Having access to a trained, nonclinical advocate during labor and delivery — and for prenatal and postpartum support — can improve equity and outcomes.
Real-time analytics dashboards help stakeholders identify and mitigate barriers to well-visit adherence, without making judgments or assumptions about patients and families.
Team continues to identify barriers caused by structural racism and discrimination — and find better strategies for equitable implementation of social determinants of health interventions.