May 4–June 29 | Webinar Series

Breaking Imaging Barriers

A Collaborative Approach to Advancing Health Equity in Medical Imaging
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Healthcare disparities and inequities in the United States have been well-documented for decades. At the national level, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and others have examined disparities in healthcare utilization, behavioral risk factors for disease, environmental hazards, social determinants of health, and morbidity and mortality.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue of disparities and healthcare inequities has taken sharp focus, demanding both attention and action. Since medical imaging and therapy impacts most patients at some point in their care journey, radiology professionals have the potential to be unifying change agents across an inequitable healthcare system.

The Radiology Health Equity Coalition is pleased to offer a five-part webinar series that will deliver practical, actionable tools that individual radiologic professionals, imaging practices, and healthcare institutions can utilize to improve imaging health equity.

In this webinar series, you'll learn how to:

  1. Address barriers of radiological care for historically medically underserved communities.
  2. Incorporate equitable, patient-focused care into your practice.
  3. Engage with community health organizations in a mutually beneficial partnership to treat medically underserved populations. 

Health Equity Overview

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Healthcare disparities and inequities in the United States have been well-documented for decades. At the national level, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and others have examined disparities in healthcare utilization, behavioral risk factors for disease, environmental hazards, social determinants of health, and morbidity and mortality. In that same vein, the staggering gap in access to imaging care has led to the formation of the Radiology Health Equity Coalition (RHEC). In this webinar, founding members of the RHEC will demonstrate how marshalling the expertise, resources and core strengths of its individual organizations has amplified their impact and make tangible improvements in the experiences of marginalized patients.

Speakers: Radiology Health Equity Coalition Mobilization Team

Overcoming Challenges in Screening for Health Equity — Lung Cancer, Colorectal Cancer and Breast Cancer 

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More recently, as COVID-19 has disproportionately affected some marginalized groups, the issue of disparities and healthcare inequities has taken sharp focus, demanding both attention and action. Join us for this engaging discussion on how radiologists are reducing disparities in image screening. This webinar will also provide frameworks that imaging professionals can adopt to advance health equity within their modality.

Speakers: John Scheel, MD, Executive Director, RAD-AID USA Women’s Health Access Initiative; Ozuru Ukoha, MD, President, Executive Medical Staff at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Addressing Imaging Disparities in LGBTQ+ Communities

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In this webinar, the National LGBT Cancer Network will address the unique barriers to imaging care that that exist within LGBTQ+ communities. Additionally, this webinar will equip radiologists with the resources that can be used to provide culturally competent and welcoming imaging care to LGBTQ+ patients.

Speaker: Scout, PhD, Executive Director, National LGBT Cancer Network

The Role of Patient-Centered Care in Radiology Health Equity

June 15, noon–1pm ET

Patients are key decision makers in their care process and therefore play a vital role in building health communities and reducing healthcare disparities. This webinar brings together experts in patient-centered care and will outline strategies on how to engage patients in their imaging care in an effort to promote equitable healthcare delivery.

Speakers: Anand Narayan, Vice Chair, Equity, University of Wisconsin; Lucy Spalluto, Vice Chair of Health Equity, Dept. of Radiology, Vanderbilt University; Ian Weissman, DO, FACR, Chair, American College of Radiology Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care Outreach Committee

Health Equity Capstone: Where Do We Go From Here?

June 29, noon–1pm ET

Webinar panelists will deliver concrete steps that individual radiologic professionals, imaging practices and healthcare institutions can take to improve imaging health equity through successful partnerships with Community Health Organizations.

Speakers: John P. Williams, MD, FACS, Chair, President’s Cancer Panel; Yvette L. Hammond, MSN, RN Clinical Manager, Specialty Care, Primary Care Coalition; and Karen Patti, COO, Promise Fund of Florida

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