CMS OMH, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control Office of Health Equity (CDC OHE), hosted the Health Care Workforce and Health Equity Inclusion Virtual Forum on June 12, 2024, to highlight how each organization is working to address challenges impacting our health care workforce and health equity inclusion.
The forum included presentations from Dr. Joel Weissman of Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard University and Dr. Joy Lewis of the American Hospital Association highlighting their recent study of health equity officers to understand how hospitals are addressing the effects of racism were.