Turn health equity talk into action: 5 steps for health systems

For health system leaders who have been thinking or talking about how to create health equity in their organizations, an AMA toolkit outlines five concrete steps to help turn words into actions. The AMA STEPS Forward™ toolkit was developed in partnership with strategic consulting firm HealthBegins to help physicians and other health professionals in mid-sized and large health care delivery settings: 

• Prepare for conversations about health equity, racial equity, racism and anti-racism. 
• Engage others in the organization. 
• Understand the importance of systemwide data and how to improve data quality to further racial and health equity efforts. 
• Explain how to advance equity using SMART goals and quality improvement efforts. (author introduction)