Social Disparities & Mending Mortality Rates

Host: Hector O. Chapa, MD, FACOG Guest: Dave McIntosh, PhD, MA Large communities of color and low socioeconomic status communities are often faced with higher mortality rates due to disparities in healthcare. How do these factors impact patient outcomes? Dr. David McIntosh, vice president and chief inclusion and diversity officer at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, discusses how social disparities in race and gender affect patients' outcomes.