Health Equity

Abundant evidence demonstrates that our current health care system produces significant disparities in access to care and care outcomes between racial and ethnic groups. Past efforts to improve health care quality and reduce costs have often ignored — and sometimes even exacerbated — underlying inequities in health. PBGH is committed to identifying and championing health policies that ensure health equity for all people in our country.

Past Events and Training

October 16, 2024

Civitas Networks for Health Annual Conference

Melissa Preciado, MPH, Associate Director, Equity and Transformation, and Jose Ordonez, Manager, Data Analytics, from PBGH’s California Quality Collaborative will lead a session on ‘The Power of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Advance a Health Equity-Focused Quality Improvement Program.’

March 20, 2024

CQC Webinar: Addressing Disparities in Colorectal Cancer

In honor of March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the California Quality Collaborative (CQC), a quality improvement program of the Purchaser Group on Health, hosted a webinar on March 20th, 2024 where we addressed disparities in colorectal cancer screening and treatment and answered the question: what can patients, providers, health plans and purchasers do to advance equitable colorectal cancer care?