Propel Center Partners with Black Directors Health Equity Agenda (BDHEA) and INROADS to Establish New National HBCU Healthcare Equity Internship Program

BDHEA in The News!     Propel Center Partners with Black Directors Health Equity Agenda (BDHEA) and INROADS to Establish New National HBCU Healthcare Equity Internship Program We're very proud to partner with Propel Center and INROADS to launch a national HBCU healthcare equity internship program focused on helping to advance the nation's diverse medical pool and ensuring future healthcare professionals have the access and ability to achieve their potential and make an impact on the communities they serve. "The Propel-BDHEA internship program addresses the urgent need to recruit and train Black healthcare professionals and to give them pathways to leadership in our nation's top healthcare organizations." - Michelle Richardson, BDHEA Board Member and Executive Sponsor Founding Member Dr. William Payne Discusses Disrupting Healthcare in February's Healthcare Business Today

Dr. William Payne examines the need to focus on patient engagement to address healthcare equity in Healthcare Business Today   Dr. William Payne is a founding member of Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, a Chicago-area orthopaedic surgeon and co-founder of the telehealth platform MyOwnDoctor. BDHEA is Boosting Health Equity Through an Influential Coalition of Black Board Directors John Daniels Jr. Esq., BDHEA Board Chair, spoke with Becker's Healthcare about the work our organization is doing to make healthcare more equitable, the BHDEA Board Director Health Equity Playbook, and how health systems across the country are already implementing it.  Rondy Jennings Writes of Closing Healthcare Disparity Gap by Addressing Health Ecosystem Rondy Jennings' article published in Electronic Health Reporter reviews how Covid-19 has shone a light on racial disparity within the health ecosystem.  According to Rondy, the pandemic has revealed the daunting scale and fierce urgency of moving to value-based care. Consider the cost of COVID's severity among Black adults due to disparate access to care.   Rondy Jennings is managing director of the not-for-profit healthcare group at Goldman Sachs & Co and a founding member of the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda. SAVE THE DATE  BDHEA National Summit October 3-4, 2022 in Atlanta, GA Registration starts in June, 2022  Please stay connected with us. Deborah D. Phillips Executive Director