Nicholas Tejeda, CEO of The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus in El Paso, TX, is 2018 chair of the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, an AHA affiliate.
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This Monday we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr. King challenged America to live up to its ideals and provide equal opportunity for all, regardless of race.
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AHA will host a Dec. 13 webinar on a Cone Health initiative to align diversity and inclusion, community engagement, business operations and population health to achieve equity.
A new AHA guide offers strategies and case examples to help hospitals and health systems address transportation issue
The AHA and the National Urban League hosted a two-day educational event on “The Role of the Trustee in the Face of Rapidly Changing Trends in Healthcare.” During the event, which took place yester
Health isn’t created by doctors and nurses, but by friendships and families … by good air, food, houses, roads and jobs … by strong communities and good schools.
How much progress is your hospital making toward ensuring equitable care for all persons in every community served?
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”– Martin Luther King Jr.
This Monday, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day—a day in honor of a man who roused the conscience of a nation. When Dr.
Patient-related risk factors appear to be the primary driver of readmissions in hospitals serving a higher proportion of minority patients, according to a study published
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management this week released findings from its biennial
African-American children were more than twice as likely as white children to be readmitted to an urban children’s hospital for asthma between August 2010 and October 2011, with socioeconomic and o
Read complete coverage of the AHA Annual meeting, including news from top AHA leaders, federal lawmakers, government officials and more.
Eliminating disparities in care is the “next frontier” in the t
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health today released