One Action You Can Take to Enhance Equity Through Primary Care in Your Own Setting
| Proactively identify patients who may benefit from additional care (such as those who have recently missed appointments) and call them to offer an appointment |
| Identify patients who need more time and flag them in chart so front office staff knows to give them longer appointments |
| Take residents and medical students on a tour of social services that are relevant for a patient they have seen. Allow them to connect with social services and build partnerships between the medical team and the community |
| Start tracking methods and numbers of patients who receive care in non-clinic settings—go to where the people who need care and can’t access it are |
| Identify services that patients are using outside of the clinic and ensure that they are able to access these easily and that we have information about these services |
| Lead an education session for staff on promoting health equity in primary care |