Feature ArticlesEquity Rx: Boston Medical Center's Work to Accelerate Racial Health JusticeWalsh, Kate Author Information Kate Walsh is president and CEO of Boston Medical Center Health System in Boston, Massachusetts. The author declares no conflicts of interest. Frontiers of Health Services Management 39(2):p 4-16, Winter 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/HAP.0000000000000158 Buy Metrics Abstract In November 2021, after more than a year of investigating the racial health disparities across its organization, Boston Medical Center launched the Health Equity Accelerator, a system-wide approach to holistically address the root causes of health inequities among people of different races and ethnicities and speed improvements in health outcomes. This article discusses lessons learned during the institution's process of discovery, shares examples of the work to dismantle a structural narrative that impedes health justice, and outlines interventions that can be applied to other healthcare systems across the United States. © 2022 Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives
