our mission
Accelerate Health Equity (AHE) is a citywide initiative aimed at addressing racism and discrimination, and advancing health equity through a unified approach. Our mission is to fight racism within healthcare by supporting and evaluating evidence-based interventions to improve the health of Black Philadelphians and other underserved communities. This initiative builds on a large number of equity directed efforts that have been ongoing in the city and brings together a diverse group of key stakeholders representing health systems, payors, and community organizations to work collaboratively to improve health outcomes.
To learn more about Accelerate Health Equity’s launch, click here.
our approach
- Commit to community & stakeholder engagement and partnership regarding goals & priorities.
- Focus on % change in specific measures over time & evaluate progress toward health equity to support and accelerate scaling of the most effective interventions.
- Use behavioral economics, human centered design & health services research to conduct rigorous pilots
- Include mixed methods approaches and community input to track progress over time.
- Use diverse data sources & local information to inform measurement & reporting.
our focus areas
Together with the help of our Steering Committee and partners, AHE identified four key areas that would allow our work and influence to have the most impact on patients and families across Philadelphia. These areas represent the biggest health problems – and opportunities – facing our city:
Explore our health equity dashboard to learn more about these topic areas.
our steering committee
The initial steering committee will include organizations well-positioned to make significant contributions to improving health outcomes in Philadelphia.
