Alva Smith received a letter with surprising news last fall: She was suddenly moving up on the kidney transplant waiting list. It wasn’t because of a change in her medical status. It was because the test used to evaluate prospective kidney transplant candidates began taking race out of the equation.
Some healthcare organizations have reduced health equity to a buzzword, using the phrase superficially without a true commitment to dismantling systemic barriers. During a webinar, two industry leaders AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld and Emory Healthcare Chief Transformation Officer Amaka Eneanya discussed why this approach must be avoided and explored how leaders can do better.
Health systems are restructuring C-suite roles, with some adding clinical leaders and strategic experts to focus on patient experience, transformation, and data
Emory Healthcare, the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia, has announced the appointment of Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, as chief transformation officer for Emory Healthcare, effective July 16.