Systemic racism shapes every facet of American life including the healthcare system. “Racism in Healthcare” explores how structural and institutional racism have molded U.S. healthcare.

Host Mary C. Curtis will talk with advocates and experts about how racism has decided who receives what kind of care. Their conversations will also look at solutions to fix what’s gone wrong.

Guests:
• Nov. 18 – Actress Alicia Cole developed flesh-eating disease, sepsis and three life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infections after what was supposed to be a minor surgery in 2006. Despite what she went through, Cole recalls the details of the racial bias she met at the hospital as clearly as the physical ones she suffered. The experience turned Cole into a patient safety advocate.

• Nov. 25 – Dr. Priscilla Pemu trains medical students and new medical doctors in the specialty of Internal Medicine. As a professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, Pemu developed a system and method for chronic illness care that empowers patients to change their health behaviors.

• Dec. 2 – Dr. Joia Crear-Perry is the founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative. The collaborative creates solutions for Black maternal and infant health. Crear-Perry has written several of articles around structural racism.

"Racism in Healthcare is a collaboration between Everyday Health, one of the largest providers of health news, information and tools; ClearHealthCosts, an organization creating transparency to the health care marketplace by telling people what stuff costs; and WFAE.