Monga Manoj, Asafu-Adjei Denise, Rojanasarot Sirikan, Ezekekwu Emmanuel, Edwards Natalie, Unger Kathryn, Turner Erin, Bhattacharyya Samir
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States.
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, United States.
J Public Health Policy. 2025 Sep;46(3):685-699. doi: 10.1057/s41271-025-00578-6. Epub 2025 Jul 1.
Putting health equity into practice requires deliberate, longitudinal work by numerous stakeholders and a multi-sectoral strategy that simultaneously engages academic, governmental, and corporate entities. Corporate social responsibility in healthcare research and product development is a critical step to ensure that everyone benefits from diagnostics and treatments, and that all patients' needs are met. Herein we describe activities ongoing at a global healthcare technology company in order to help close the treatment gap and improve equitable access to care. Published literature was used to inform a framework for organizing the activities into four initiatives: (1) raising awareness of the implications of the status quo; (2) implementing equitable patient-centered innovation; (3) building a more diverse workforce; and (4) generating the evidence base for equitable care. The four ongoing initiatives illustrate specific efforts that healthcare professionals and corporations can make to help close the health equity gap and shape the future of healthcare.
将健康公平付诸实践需要众多利益相关者进行深思熟虑的长期努力，以及一项同时涉及学术、政府和企业实体的多部门战略。医疗保健研究和产品开发中的企业社会责任是确保每个人都能从诊断和治疗中受益，以及满足所有患者需求的关键一步。在此，我们描述了一家全球医疗技术公司正在开展的活动，以帮助缩小治疗差距并改善公平的医疗服务可及性。已发表的文献被用于构建一个框架，将这些活动组织为四项举措：（1）提高对现状影响的认识；（2）实施以患者为中心的公平创新；（3）打造更加多元化的员工队伍；（4）生成公平医疗的证据基础。这四项正在进行的举措展示了医疗保健专业人员和企业可以做出的具体努力，以帮助缩小健康公平差距并塑造医疗保健的未来。
