About the Podcast
The Centering Health Equity podcast features healthcare leaders at the forefront of advancing health equity. Each show features unique efforts to advance health inequity with a focus on population health, culturally competent care and business sustainability based on quality, consumer experience and cost reduction.
Maria Hernandez, President of Impact4Health and Duane Reynolds, Chief Health Equity Officer for Chartis will co-host a dynamic conversation with masterminds on the frontlines of field transformation. We’ll explore the new paradigm for health and healthcare which demands quality of care for all but particularly the most vulnerable populations in the nation. Each show is designed around key themes that are at the forefront of reducing health inequities: identifying vulnerable populations, reducing unconscious bias, providing culturally competent and patient centered care, and partnering with communities to address the social determinants of health.
Centering Health Equity episodes can also be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play.
About the Hosts
Duane Reynolds, MHA
Duane is the Chief Health Equity Officer for Chartis, one of the nation’s leading consulting firms supporting healthcare systems across the nation. Duane provides advisory services, executive education and systems change to create cultures of belonging, enabling a fair and just opportunity for everyone to achieve optimal health. Previously Reynolds was the president and CEO of the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity. Learn more about his work and experience.
Maria Hernandez, PhD
Maria is president and COO of Impact4Health, LLC a consulting firm promotes innovations advance health equity through strategy, training and executive education. Maria consults to health systems nationally and is a past member of the Board of Trustees for Alameda Health System in Northern California. Learn more about her work and experience. Follow Maria on Twitter.
Impact4Health and Chartis are two of the three organizations nationwide to be named an Equity Transformation Partner for the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.