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Institute for Diversity and Health Equity Webinars
Diversity Dialogue Webinars are one of the most popular programs in which a different nationally-renowned speaker discusses a topic of pressing concern in health care. While enjoying the audio presentation, attendees log in via a computer and view the accompanying slideshow presentation.
AHA urges Senate committee to support federal programs promoting workforce diversity, maternal health
Mounting pressures on the health care workforce have created a crisis with short-term staffing shortages and a long-range picture of an unfulfilled talent pipeline, and significant projected shortages of physicians and allied health and behavioral health care providers will likely be felt even more strongly in underserved communities, AHA told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in a statement submitted for a hearing May 2.
Nurse Onboarding and Professional Development: Assessing and Addressing DEI
This webinar reviews priorities and expectations set forth by CMS to implement DEI practices in every aspect of the health care team. An interactive panel of health care professionals will highlight opportunities to address DEI in nurse onboarding and ongoing professional development, including best practices from one health system actively incorporating DEI. (Webinar presented June 28, 2023)
Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Board
Starting discussion in the boardroom about diversity and inclusion can support and accelerate board diversity efforts at health care organizations.
Denver Health System | Colorado
Denver Health has been treating and healing the people of Denver, Colorado for more than 160 years. Denver Health provides health care services to one in three residents of the metropolitan area. Many of its patients have complex health care and social needs, including the uninsured, people experiencing poverty, people living with substance use disorder, pregnant teens, victims of violence, people experiencing homelessness, and victims of trauma.
Spotlight Feature: Focusing on Basic Patient Needs to Fight Diabetes
Knowing that diabetes was surging throughout the community it serves, Humboldt Park Health (formerly Norwegian American Hospital) on Chicago’s West Side came up with a new approach to address the disparities it was seeing.
Advancing Education and Building Trust to Address COVID-19 in Communities of Color
April is National Minority Health Month. With COVID-19 having a disproportionate impact in communities of color, emphasis on improving access to vaccines as they become more widely available and eliminating health care inequities is critical.
Spotlight Feature: Catching Breast Cancer Early through Expanded Community Outreach
In this Spotlight Feature interview, Pamela S. Ganschow, M.D., describes the approach and strategy behind the Cook County Health, Stroger Hospital (bCRISP) initiative and how it’s designed to make a difference.
Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Measures for Hospitals and Health System Dashboards
Inequities in health care are widely noted, yielding poorer quality of care and reduced patient safety, and increased costs. The economic burden of racial health inequalities in the United States is estimated to be $230 billion dollars. Identifying disparities in health care and effectively intervening to mitigate the effect of these gaps is key to attainting a society of healthy communities, where all individuals reach their highest potential for health. Hospital and health systems may utilize a dashboard to provide health care leaders with the necessary information on their journey to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion. A basic level health equity, diversity and inclusion dashboard may include measures to model the American Hospital Association 123forEquity Pledge to include the following: race, ethnicity and language preference data collection, stratification and use, cultural competency training, diversity and inclusion in governance and leadership, and community partnerships.