Pilot Implementation of a Health Equity Checklist to Improve the Identification of Equity-Related Adverse Events

Abstract

(Abstracted from Obstet Gynecol 2022;140:667–673) In assessing the occurrence of an unexpected medical adverse event following pharmaceutical, medical, or surgical treatment, the causal or contributory roles played by bias, systemic racism, and social determinants of health should be investigated. Up to 80% of clinical outcomes are estimated to be driven by social determinants including the environments in which patients live, work, learn, worship, and play.