Equity Actions: Understanding health inequities vs Health Disparities and Initial Steps to Improve Your Care Practices and Outcomes

Guest host James Burroughs, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, interviews Infection Prevention nurse Adriene Thornton, RN about her path to nursing, the differences between health inequities and health disparities and how communities of color are disproportionately impacted by infections like the COVID-19 pandemic. Adriene also describes what steps we can take to improve care for all of our patients to ensure an equitable future in healthcare.