Governance and Leadership Diversity
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management this week released findings from its biennial survey 鈥淒iversity and Disparities: A Benchmarking Study of U.S. Hospitals.鈥 While there鈥檚 been some progress, the simple fact is there hasn鈥檛 been enough in some key areas.
Hospitals across America are working hard to advance quality and improve care for every patient. Understanding why different patient populations in a community may experience different results is a critical piece of the effort. And that鈥檚 at the core of our #123forEquity Pledge to Act Campaign鈥
This collection of case studies from the field highlights diversity initiatives at six hospitals across the country.
This toolkit is a user-friendly 鈥渉ow-to鈥 guide to help accelerate the elimination of health care disparities and ensure hospital leadership reflect the communities they serve.
Read about how Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare developed a minority nusing program that identifies bilingual nurses and nurses of color. The systemt's aim is increase the number of racially and ethnically diverse leaders by 3 percent over a three-year period. Last year, the health care system鈥
This guide serves to explore the concept of cultural competency and build the case for the enhancement of cultural competency in health care.