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March 28, 2002
[T] o the Editor:
Re "Race Gap Seen in Health Care of Equally Insured Patients" (front page, March 21):
The recent Institute of Medicine report adds credibility to more than 50 years of studies that reveal that there are differences in health and health care outcomes associated with race and socioeconomic status.
Doctors, hospitals and the institutions that represent the medical profession must be held accountable for correcting those parts of this problem that are within their control. Medical racism is unacceptable.
Realizing that preconceived notions about others exist in all of us is critical to eliminating social stereotyping and the resultant disparities in medical services. The overt or unconscious bias that a physician may bring to a patient encounter must be recognized and eliminated.
Alan R. Fleischman, M.D.
Senior Vice President
New York Academy of Medicine
New York, March 21, 2002
Posted on March 28, 2002
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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