Operationalizing Health Equity

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This means that the many of the most important forces producing health disparities are far beyond the health care system, and that much of the solution to health disparities lies in macro social and economic policy and in policy collaboration and coordination across governments. [...] And a great deal can be done within the health system to address the harsh impact of overall disparities and enhance the well being of even the most disadvantaged. [...] It is very difficult to identify the specific roles played by the health care system and the non-medical determinants of health in causing disparities in health because health care interacts with the determinants of health in complex, unpredictable ways29. [...] The Federal Provincial Territorial Health Disparities Task Group noted30 that "The health sector has an important role to play in mitigating the causes and effects of other determinants of health through interventions with disadvantaged individuals, populations and communities." However, what is the specific role for the health care system in remedying health disparities? [...] The projects goal is to "reduce the plight of chronic homelessness by enhancing the integration of care between agencies at the individual and population levels using an electronic information system" The clients give permission to a variety of agencies including shelters, drop in centres, outreach teams, hospitals, public health and Toronto ambulance, to link their electronic records.