Webinar: Best Practices of Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
About the webinar
As the global COVID-19 pandemic has gripped the world, crucial health disparity and health inequity concerns are already emerging. For instance, in Chicago, Illinois, African-Americans comprise over 50% of positive COVID-19 tests and 72% of virus-related deaths, even though they comprise less than a third of the population. In Michigan, African-Americans comprise a third of positive tests and 40% of deaths, while only comprising 14% of the total population. And health experts expect COVID-19 to disproportionately impact those with underlying health conditions, including cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses and diabetes. Additionally, many lower-income workers do not have the luxury to work from home, and social distancing can be more difficult. A report from the Economic Policy Institute asserted that less than one in five black workers in roughly one in six Hispanic workers have the ability to work from home. This webinar features two Chief Diversity officers from two of the country’s most renowned integrated health delivery networks to discuss the critical health equity challenges that are emerging, how organizations can respond to ensure that vulnerable and marginalized communities receive adequate support, and how COVID-19 could be a catalyst for driving equitable transformation for the future.
Key COVID-19 Health Equity Challenges
COVID-19 disproportionately impacting vulnerable and underserved patients with pre-existing conditions related to cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, diabetes
Challenges in social distancing due to vulnerable patient populations and lower-income workers less likely to work from home
Disruption of other regularly scheduled exams and vital services
Fear of detention and deportation results in immigrant communities at higher risk
Chronic conditions more prevalent in elderly communities of color
Webinar Moderator
Dr. James Gillespie, PhD, JD, MPA
President & Co-Founder of CHI
Dr. James J. Gillespie, PhD, JD, MPA, is a consultant, researcher, and scholar in the application of advanced analytics, business intelligence, and big data to address challenges and opportunities for healthcare, biopharmaceutical, medical, and technology companies. His research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed academic outlets and top industry/trade journals, and he is the lead author of the book: "Patient-Centric Analytics in Health Care: Driving Value in Clinical Settings and Psychological Practice” published by Lexington Books. With two MD physician colleagues, he is working on a new book: "AI and Machine Learning: Revolutionizing the Future of Healthcare and Medicine." Dr. Gillespie’s research has appeared in Academy of Management Review, American Behavioral Scientist, European Journal of Social Psychology, Federal Reserve Bank, Harvard Business Review, and Strategic Management Journal. His education includes Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, M.A., Ph.D.; Harvard University School of Law, J.D.; Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy, M.P.A.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S.; Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School; and Rand Graduate School.
Webinar Panelists
Dr. Ronald L. Copeland, MD
Board of Directors at CHI
Chief Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Officer of Kaiser Permanente
Ronald L. Copeland, MD, FACS, is senior vice president of National Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity strategy and policy and chief equity, inclusion and diversity officer for Kaiser Permanente. He leads Kaiser Permanente's efforts to ensure our strategic vision for equity, inclusion, and diversity is successfully implemented to drive strategic business and mission outcomes and results in all Kaiser Permanente members achieving health and health care outcomes that are high quality, equitable, and increasingly more affordable.
A recently retired board-certified general surgeon, Dr. Copeland joined Kaiser Permanente in 1988 after a six-year honorable tour of duty in the United States Air Force Medical Corps. Dr. Copeland served as president and executive medical director of the Ohio Permanente Medical Group prior to assuming his current role in 2012.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and medical degree from University of Cincinnati Medical College and completed his residency in general surgery at State University of New York Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
In the fall of 2016, Dr. Copeland was appointed to the board of Kaiser Permanente’s School of Medicine (opening in 2020). He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons; a board member of the National Organization on Disability and the Center for Healthcare Innovation; an advisory board member for the Centre for Global Inclusion; a committee member of the National Quality Forum Disparities Standing Committee. In January 2016, Becker’s Hospital Review recognized Dr. Copeland as one of “15 hospital and health systems chief diversity officers to know.”
Erickajoy Daniels, MS
Board of Directors at CHI
Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Advocate Aurora Health
Ms. Erickajoy Daniels is the Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Advocate Aurora Health, where she leads the system-wide rollout of diversity and inclusion efforts. She has nearly two decades of development and consulting experience. Previously, Ms. Daniels was Milwaukee’s Brady Corporation’s Global Director of Organizational Development. She also held employee development positions at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C. Ms. Daniels serves on the Board of the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum and is a Trustee at Mount Mary University. She is active in TEMPO Milwaukee Professional Women’s Network and is a Co-Founder and Board member of One MKE, an organization dedicated to addressing cultural divides in the Milwaukee community. She has her MS in Organizational Leadership from Marian University and her BS from the University of Maryland.
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