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Task 3: Closing Healthcare Disparities
Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health — D568
Amanda OConnor
12/26/2025
A. Describe two unique or innovative elements involved in
developing the community-based strategy in the scenario.
The Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative was innovative, first,
because they decided to face any potential for health disparities
proactively at the source. They monitored the data, broken down by
race, in real time and polled specific groups about their experiences.
This way, they didn’t have to wait to review annual reports and look
back on previous instances of potential medical bias and could step in
immediately to provide solutions. They were able to institute anti-
racism training protocols for hospital workers based on the results of
these real-life patient focus groups.
Another unique aspect of this strategy was that they hired nurse
navigators to assist the patients. These nurses helped patients figure
out how to get the best care from their providers and made sure that
their healthcare team was held to higher standards for accountability
and communication. These nurses acted as patient advocates and
went beyond just providing education to addressing all the patients’
barriers to care and ensuring that each person felt like their concerns
were heard and resolved. Instead of putting all the burden on
patients, this approach shifted the responsibility of dismantling
systemic racism in the medical field back where it belonged, on the
healthcare system itself.
1. Explain why the two unique or innovative elements from part A
are important.
It's important to use real-time data separated by race because if
you're not looking for inequality specifically, many times it's missed.
Update with Complete Solution
Task 3: Closing Healthcare Disparities
Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health — D568
Amanda OConnor
12/26/2025
A. Describe two unique or innovative elements involved in
developing the community-based strategy in the scenario.
The Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative was innovative, first,
because they decided to face any potential for health disparities
proactively at the source. They monitored the data, broken down by
race, in real time and polled specific groups about their experiences.
This way, they didn’t have to wait to review annual reports and look
back on previous instances of potential medical bias and could step in
immediately to provide solutions. They were able to institute anti-
racism training protocols for hospital workers based on the results of
these real-life patient focus groups.
Another unique aspect of this strategy was that they hired nurse
navigators to assist the patients. These nurses helped patients figure
out how to get the best care from their providers and made sure that
their healthcare team was held to higher standards for accountability
and communication. These nurses acted as patient advocates and
went beyond just providing education to addressing all the patients’
barriers to care and ensuring that each person felt like their concerns
were heard and resolved. Instead of putting all the burden on
patients, this approach shifted the responsibility of dismantling
systemic racism in the medical field back where it belonged, on the
healthcare system itself.
1. Explain why the two unique or innovative elements from part A
are important.
It's important to use real-time data separated by race because if
you're not looking for inequality specifically, many times it's missed.
