The Dalio Center for Health Justice at NewYork-Presbyterian, launched in October 2020, aims to understand and address the root causes of health inequities with the goal of improving the health of our patients, our team members, and the communities we serve. Through the Dalio Center, we invest in research, education, and programing, and advocate for policy change to drive measurable improvements in health outcomes for all. Because 80% of health outcomes are driven by social, behavioral, and environmental causes, our work is not limited to addressing health care access and quality. We also support community initiatives and collaboratives that aim to address those social drivers of health.
In order to understand the health outcomes that disproportionately affect our communities and enhance capacity building, the Dalio Center works with teams across our three institutions: NewYork-Presbyterian and our two academic partners, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine. In partnership with the Community Mission and Health Justice Committee of NewYork-Presbyterian’s Board of Trustees, local community organizations, and government agencies, we are making progress in eliminating the health inequities that undermine our communities.
The Dalio Center has organized its work into four strategic areas, illustrated in the depicted brownstone: Data & Infrastructure, Clinical & Community Strategy, Research & Implementation Science, and Education & Leadership.
This report provides a summary of key project accomplishments in 2023 for each strategic area, such as:
Development of large-scale educational programming that emphasizes health justice in Education & Leadership
Funding of innovative health justice research programs in Research & Implementation Science
Creation of programs to address end stage kidney disease and sickle cell disease, which disproportionately affect people of color and those with low socioeconomic status in Clinical & Community Strategy
Expansion of screening and referral to help patients struggling with social risks that may affect their health in Data & Infrastructure
230k
social screens
50+
inpatient quality & patient experience measures disaggregated
3
piloted programs to improve social referral
1,191
sickle cell patients in the registry
3,000
products donated
187
patients enrolled in PEAK
5
patients transplanted in PEAK
$160k
awarded for Service Line projects
$1M+
health justice grants
$3M+
in additional funding obtained by original grantees
300+
conference attendees
15k+
NYP team members trained
134
hospital unit presentations
92
speaking engagements
The Dalio Center for Health Justice is overseen by the Community Mission and Health Justice Committee of NewYork-Presbyterian’s Board of Trustees and works closely with NewYork-Presbyterian’s academic partners: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine.
