Leading for health equity: Insights and answers boards need now
Boards of directors are in a unique position to ensure their organizations convert good intentions into meaningful outcomes. Drawing on insight from prominent healthcare board members, this collection discusses timely areas of opportunity.
The board’s unique position to advance health equity
Addressing health equity is no simple task, and the board plays a critical role.
Advancing equity in the workplace: Five questions boards should ask leaders
An organization’s strategy to improve health equity for patients and the community must go hand-in-hand with cultivating equity in the health system’s own workforce.
AI and health equity: How health system boards can mitigate risks and advance benefits
As AI transitions from hype to substance, the challenge is how to harness its transformative potential without creating unintended, adverse consequences for patient populations.
Equitable access to care: Critical questions to discuss
The board should start a dialogue with the health system’s senior executives to advance optimal access for all people in the community.
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Chartis Health Equity Advisory Board
Garth Graham, MD
Garth Graham is a Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health at YouTube and Google Health.
Young Lee
Young Lee is currently a Managing Director for Audax Private Equity, based in Boston. Since joining Audax in 2000, Young has invested in more than 40 Audax platform companies.
Joy A. Lewis, MSW, MPH
Joy A. Lewis, MSW, MPH, is Senior Vice President, Health Equity Strategies, and Executive Director for the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) at the American Hospital Association.
Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG, is the President and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). She provides a valuable combination of experience at the highest levels of patient care and medical research, as well as organizational management and public health policy.
Nidhi Mitra
Nidhi Mitra is a Principal for Audax Private Equity, based in San Francisco. Prior to joining Audax in 2020, Nidhi worked at Alpine Investors where she led investments in the healthcare, software, tech-enabled business services, and ecommerce industries.
