Doctor looks to address health inequities in WNY [Video]

Name: Doctor looks to address health inequities in WNY #ManagingCommunity #CommunityGrowth #CommunityImpact [Video]
Uploaded: 2024-09-24T22:26:00+00:00
Description: Dr. Leonard Egede, Chair of the Dept. of Medicine at the Jacobs School at U.B. was just named to new roles at Kaleida, ECMC, and Great Lakes Integrated Network IPA.

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Post date September 24, 2024

Dr. Leonard Egede, Chair of the Dept. of Medicine at the Jacobs School at U.B. was just named to new roles at Kaleida, ECMC, and Great Lakes Integrated Network IPA.

“I think health systems need to come together because there are going to be areas where someone may be better able to reach that group, and then we need to leverage that expertise and other areas, maybe specialty care, some other group may be better, but at the end of the day, having some kind of integration like conversation around those issues are going to be critical,” said Dr. Leonard Egede.

Dr. Egede is recognized around the country for his work to level health disparities. In Milwaukee, his team spent about two years talking to around 350 key players.

“We gathered a lot of information. Most of that will be applicable here, and so when you think about those populations, …