The North Carolina Medical Society is committed to promoting health equity for all of North Carolina’s citizens and has made this issue a priority in our HealthyNC efforts.
Our stated policy on this issue reads:
“The North Carolina Medical Society supports the achievement of health equity across all populations regardless of race and ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, income, class, disability, health, immigration status, nationality, religious beliefs, language proficiency, or geographic location.
The North Carolina Medical Society supports the elimination of structural racism and all forms of structural discrimination whether overt or unconscious that thwart the achievement of health equity.
The North Carolina Medical Society supports efforts to work across health care and other sectors to achieve the goals outlined in the NCIOM Health NC 2030 Task Force Report.”
Latest Health Equity News
- Addiction Medicine CME Series Helps You Meet Updated DEA Requirements September 24, 2024
- New Report: US Spends Most, but Ranks Last in Health Compared to Other High-Income Nations September 20, 2024
- 2022 NC Medicaid Annual Health Equity Report Outlines Health Disparities August 8, 2024
- NCMB, Wake AHEC join NCMS on CME Series for Opioid Use Prescribers July 19, 2024
Power Hour Discussions Around Health Equity in the Time of COVID
