Governance and Leadership Diversity
Please join me and other AHA leaders at the AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity National Leadership and Education Conference, June 28-29 in Chicago. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淪trengthening Our Roots: Expanding Our Focus in Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity.鈥
When addressing health care disparities it is imperative to begin by creating a climate of change and embedding it within your organization鈥檚 culture, panelists said at the AHA Annual Meeting.
AHA and UnidosUS, previously known as the National Council of La Raza, today announced an alliance to increase diversity among health care executives and improve the health of communities.
AHA Trustee Services 鈥 accessible on the AHA鈥檚 website at trustees.aha.org 鈥 now is the hub for AHA鈥檚 trustee education efforts.
The AHA is accepting nominations through March 16 for outstanding clinicians to serve on five at-large seats on its Committee on Clinical Leadership.
All AHA hospital and health system members are now members of the newly renamed Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, an affiliate of the AHA.
The AHA seeks hospital and health system trustees to serve on its Committee on Governance and Regional Policy Boards.
This toolkit provides checklists to assess the organization's diversity (inclusing leadership), workforce diversity, and patient care while providing action steps to move toward being a more diverse organization. The toolkit also provides case studies of various hospitals who took initatives toward鈥
Please accelerate your diversity and health equity work today.
Nicholas Tejeda and Ninfa M. Saunders announce the launch of the AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.