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Addressing COVID-19 and Racism: Dr Patricia Salber Interviews Drs Ingrid Katz and Abraar Karan
Addressing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) means addressing racism, according to 2 experts in the latest episode of Managed Care Cast.
Addressing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) means addressing racism, wrote Ingrid Katz, MD, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and Abraar Karan, MD, MPH, DTM&H, an internist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in an opinion piece published in British Medical Journal.
In the latest Managed Care Cast, they speak with Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, of The Doctor Weighs In, about the article, why racism is an issue for doctors to address, and how well medicine is or is not doing with respect to addressing racism in admission to and graduation from medical school, teaching and studying the health impacts of racism in medical teaching, and encouraging more minority medical students to train as medical researchers.
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Read the original article by Katz and Karan.
Read more about racial and ethnic disparities in health care:
Addressing Cancer Disparities Requires Asking Questions and Putting Aside Assumptions
Does Intersection of Racial, Gender Biases Affect Heart Failure Treatment Decisions?
Dr Anthony Fauci on Health Disparities Affecting People of Color
Highlighting Interconnected Pathways, Emerging Therapies in CKD and HF
September 10th 2025As the prevalence of both chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart failure (HF) increases, therapies targeting shared pathways are one of the most promising strategies to alter the trajectory of these diseases.
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AI in Health Care: Balancing Governance, Innovation, and Trust
September 2nd 2025In this conversation with Reuben Daniel, associate vice president of artificial intelligence at UPMC Health Plan, we dive into how UPMC Health Plan builds trust with providers and members, discuss challenges of scaling AI effectively, and hear about concrete examples of AI's positive impact.
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