Integrating Quality, Safety, and Health Equity

Harvard HMS

Safety and quality operations are continuing to evolve as the field grows. This course will present special topics in health equity.The IOM dimensions of quality has the term "equitable" listed, yet equity has received little consideration. This is despite that quality agenda has grown in the last twenty years. Though healthcare disparities have been discussed and recognized, much of this work does not take into account the role of societal structures, history, and their impact on…