Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Innovation & News
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Complex Care Plans for Frequent ED Visitors
A pilot program targeting frequent ED visitors has reduced ED recidivism and inpatient admissions and saved $710,000 in the first six months while enhancing care pathways.
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Quality, Equity, and AI in Emergency Cardiac Care
Dr. Maame Yaa (Maya) Yiadom and her team tested an AI model against clinicians in detecting acute coronary syndrome, revealing screening gaps and the balance between human and AI judgment in precision care.
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What Digital Health Tells Us About Disease
Dr. Christine Ngaruiya uses Natural Language Processing to reveal gender gaps in noncommunicable diseases and leads global efforts linking health and climate change to drive policy and action.
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Evaluating Latinx Mental Health in the Community
Jennifer Newberry, MD, JD, leads a bilingual team in a multi-year collaboration with community partners to assess and address mental health usage patterns in the East San José Latinx community.
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Emergency Care Post-Dobbs
Dr. Monica Saxena led the development of a protocol to provide medication abortions in Stanford’s Emergency Department.
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Emergency Care for Patients with Dementia
Michelle Lin, MD, MPH, MS, an advocate for comprehensive geriatric care, investigates the accessibility and impact of geriatric emergency departments, aiming to bridge the gap for marginalized populations.
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Digital Solutions to Create Equity in Mentoring
Dr. Sally Mahmoud-Werthmann is addressing underrepresentation in emergency medicine by developing a virtual mentorship platform to connect mentees with mentors who share similar lived experiences.
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Health Equity in the Pediatric ED with Dr. Cherrelle Smith
Growing up in a small, rural community one hour away from the nearest in-network physician, Cherrelle Smith, MD was aware from an early age of limitations on access to health care. Now assistant medical director of the Stanford Pediatric Emergency Department (ED), Dr. Smith has focused her efforts on expanding access to care as well as mitigating the behaviors and microaggessions that can marginalize female and black physicians.
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Exploring the Need for Inclusion and Parity in EM
Numbers tell a story and Christopher Bennett, MD is determined to share that story; in the past several years he and collaborators have published seven studies focused on parity and inclusion - or the lack thereof - in academic medicine and emergency medicine.
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Improving Healthcare for At-Risk Populations
Jody Vogel, MD, vice chair for academic affairs for Stanford’s Department of Emergency Medicine, is investigating interventions to reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of care for frequent emergency department visitors with complex needs, thanks to a five-year Career Development Grant Award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Teaching LGBTQ+ Healthcare
Mike Gisondi, MD led the development of a course to train providers around the country in inclusive care for LGBTQ+ patients.
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Training Future Physicians on Health Equity and Social Justice
Italo Brown, MD is working to ensure health equity and social justice training is part of medical school curriculum.
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Black Resident Spotlight Presents: Mariame Fofana – Emergency Medicine
Resident Mariame Fofana, MD shares how her upbringing informs her experiences in medicine and at Stanford. (Stanford Medicine DEI video)…
