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If you have ever been discouraged by your body mass index (BMI) measurement, a group of Utah doctors is urging people to look at the bigger picture.

Canada's premier medical journal says it's eager to address the role it plays in perpetuating anti-Black racism in health care and spark the broader change needed to dismantle structural barriers to equitable care.

Intermountain Healthcare has always been proud of all the firsts in medicine it has accomplished through the years, and what happened at Alta View Hospital in Sandy on Saturday is a first that was long overdue.

Intermountain Healthcare announced the first Medicine Immersion Day, a community event benefitting students of color helping them learn about careers in medicine.

Intermountain Healthcare and Black Physicians of Utah are holding the first ever Medicine Immersion Day. This mentorship event gives Black high school seniors and college students the chance to learn about careers in medicine.

Black high school seniors and college students will have the opportunity to learn about careers in medicine in an upcoming mentorship event hosted by Alta View Hospital and Black Physicians of Utah.

Black doctors are instrumental for better health outcomes in the Black population, but they are rare.

How to address racism in healthcare? Insights from an Indigenous physician

As workforce shortages worsen, it becomes even more important to retain highly-skilled BIPOC health care providers to improve health outcomes for BIPOC patients and the health of all patients and the system itself.

Organizations like the Black Physicians Network help Black and other students of color through medical school