Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Equity of Care Webinar SeriesPart 1: Aligning Diversity and Inclusion, Community Engagement, Busi...

On May 7, 2017, I swore an oath to become the 118th chairman of the American Hospital Association...

The work of a Washington D.C. collaborative of hospitals and FQHCs is benefiting the entire commu...

All future performance improvement projects will address health care disparities. That’s the comm...

In 2016, Cleveland Clinic was honored by the American Hospital Association (AHA) with its Equity ...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management in collaboration with the AHA's Hospitals in Pur...

By adopting a supplier diversity program, hospitals and health care systems can support minority-...

To effectively identify racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care, it is essential ...

The Chairman’s File columns provide just a glimpse of the excellent work that our nation’s hospit...

The Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina is an unprecedented volunteer collaboration of more t...

Since 2007, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Psychiatry Residency program has help...

Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...

In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...

A new HPOE Guide “Increasing Supplier Diversity in Health Care” provides action steps and case st...

Diversity and inclusion are key strategic goals at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in cen...

Diversity is becoming a key word in health care. Hospitals and health care systems are focusing o...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, works close...

Scorecards aren’t just for baseball and boxing. Health care leaders are using scorecards to track...

Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...

 Hospital leaders struggle to provide effective care coordination to vulnerable populations. In 2...

In 2006 the Board of Trustees of Greenville Health System (GHS) committed to develop a workforce ...

This HPOE webinar, held in conjunction with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, fea...

Read about the many programs that Novant Health has developed around leadership diversity includi...

Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...

Building a culture that is inclusive and founded on principles of diversity was a “key destinatio...

Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., has two formal mentorship programs available to its...

For nearly 20 years, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey has partnered with the...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center created a Healthcare Disparities Council with 40 mem...

Greenville Health System in South Carolina overhauled its leadership search and selection process...

Recognizing the need for diversity management, Sparrow Heatlh System in Lansing, Mich., hired a d...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management's Summer Enrichment Program matches and places m...

California's Central Valley is known for its abundant fruits and vegetables; however, many famili...

The growing undergraduate public health movement in the nation is exciting; yet, concerns linger ...

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, a partner of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, ...

Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the nation's health professions workforce has many ...

The National Center for Health Care Leadership's diversity leadership demonstration project is th...

The foundation of all efforts to identify disparities, improve quality, achieve equity and delive...

INTEGRIS Health is the largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation. Its facilities cover the c...

This infographic provides a sample of the findings from the 2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Ben...

“Once a patient believes that you [the provider] understand them, we think the healing begins,” s...

Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, comprised of ...

A national leader in health care equity, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has developed s...

This updated chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of...

This issue brief continues the program’s examination of state-level community benefit oversight b...

The May 2014 edition of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved highlights lingui...

Crossroad Health Center is a federally qualified health center and level 3 patient-centered medic...

All practices participating in Better Health Greater Cleveland collect and submit data on patient...

Population health is receiving increased attention for its role in improving health care, specifi...

National Hospital Week celebrates the men and women working in U.S. hospitals and care systems wh...

The April issue of Health Services Research journal is now available. Covering topics in variati...

After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecede...

Reducing health care disparities is a growing national priority and state hospital associations a...

Focusing on strategies to improve quality, address disparities and achieve equity will be essenti...

After a decade of war and an unprecedented number of combat deployments, our service members, vet...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

Providing quality care for patients with limited English proficiency can be challenging, even for...

Providing the very best care—the goal of all hospitals and care givers—must include an understand...

Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...

April is National Minority Health Month. Launched in April 2001 by the National Minority Health F...

Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

Disparities in care were noted for diabetes, cardio vascular disease and cancer screeening for Hm...

The University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health and its Center for Health Litera...

The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...

The YWCA of Greater Milwaukee created a diversity training program focused on race and racism, in...

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Texas Health Institute developed a fr...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Geriatric Education Center  provides geriatric education ...

 Stanford Geriatric Education Center's geriatric training programs for health professionals are o...

This study of Spanish-speaking rural Latinos with diabetes finds that Spanish fluency is independ...

L.A. Care Health Plans developed an innovative video designed to inform deaf and hard-of-hearing ...

In a society as culturally diverse as the United States, especially in New York City,  members of...

Although, increasing diversity in the health care workforce and training health care providers to...

The use of cross-cultural diversity forum isexamined. The forums use technology and tools to brin...

According to the Pew research center,  74 percent of all adults in the United States use the Inte...

The Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments program seeks to enable raising com...

Clinicians and health care providers incorporate evidence-based clinical interventions to improve...

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

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 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...

Project Perlas is a community-based participatory research project addressing disparities in mamm...

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

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...

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...

A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

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

Patient-reported experiences of care are an important focus in health disparities research. This ...

The Affordable Care Act and state Medicaid reform efforts present opportunities to reengineer hea...

A monograph from the Association of American Medical Colleges, in partnership with the Institute ...

The Association of American Medical Colleges is pleased to present Diversity in Medical Education...

The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

SHCA is a not-for-profit health care organization dedicated to serving those who advocate in the ...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

Diabetes is among the ten leading causes of death in both white and African American patients, bu...