Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The ADA committee at the Kaiser Woodland Hills facility was started in 2010 in an effort to compl...

This case study looks at he Joint Commission's recommendation related to culturally and linguisti...

Little is known about the unique health needs and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans...

Beginning in August 2007, the Arizona Department of Health Services' Health Disparities Center or...

The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy developed a curriculum to add...

The Cancer Legal Resource Center, joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola ...

Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...

n 2008, Barnes-Jewish Hospital center for diversity and cultural competence developed an 18-hourc...

African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...

Today health disparities remain a constant challenge for immigrants, refugees and displaced popul...

This case study explores the process of accessing health care from the perspective of the immigra...

Many immigrant parents rely on their children to help them communicate as ad hoc interpreters in ...

There is often a lack of coordination among the various health and social systems that provide in...

Approximately 24 million people--8.5 percent of the U.S. population--are defined as having Limite...

In order to deliver the highest quality and most appropriate health care, Georgia Health Sciences...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, a division of Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc., is a Catholic, no...

Examples of and the rationale for strategies used to foster critical consciousness in the work of...

The need for cultural competence among physician providers is widely recognized by accrediting bo...

As the United States becomes increasingly diverse and as individuals choose to be more acculturat...

A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...

Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...

Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...

Among the agencies that have made a substantial effort toward competency is the Nursing Home Ombu...

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...

University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS623 Beds The Problem University of Mississipp...

University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...

Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...

The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

The Diversity & Inclusion Council was developed to create and sustain an organizational culture t...

Mercy Health Partners  and Saint Mary's Health Care will be participating in the Improving Langua...

The St. Francis Medical Center Kitty DeGree Breast Health Center employs a full-time breast healt...

The Franciscan Clinic was designed with the idea that all employees who carry the hospital's insu...

Equity in Care was initiated by Trinity Health in 2009 and has grown to include identifying poten...