Massachusetts To Launch Health Equity Initiative With Maternal Health & Chronic Conditions As First Targets

Massachusetts is launching a plan to eliminate racial, economic, and regional disparities in health outcomes related to poor maternal health, and to identify social determinants of health (SDOH) linked to higher rates of chronic disease. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) presented its plan to improve health outcomes in its Advancing Health Equity in Massachusetts (AHEM) initiative. AHEM will engage agencies and stakeholders from across the state in reworking the systems that lead to poor outcomes for vulnerable communities. During its first year, in addition to focusing on reducing the prevalence of poor maternal outcomes, AHEM . . .