April is National Minority Health Month, dedicated to raising awareness about health disparities ...

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

December 12th, 2016

Hospitals and health systems are intensifying their focus to ensure all patients receive high-qua...

November 14th, 2016
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In 2016, Cleveland Clinic was honored by the American Hospital Association (AHA) with its Equity ...

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Join more than 900 hospitals and health systems and 30 state and metropolitan hospital associatio...

November 30th, 2015
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Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...

November 9th, 2015
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Hospitals and health systems are focusing on cultural competence to create an environment and wor...

November 2nd, 2015
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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

October 6th, 2015
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Nine in 10 adults in the community lacked the literacy skills to manage their health and prevent ...

September 28th, 2015
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The work to advance health care equity is always evolving, always improving at Henry Ford Health ...

July 27th, 2015
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Diversity and inclusion are key strategic goals at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in cen...

July 13th, 2015
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The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

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

June 1st, 2015
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Scorecards aren’t just for baseball and boxing. Health care leaders are using scorecards to track...

May 4th, 2015
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April is National Minority Health Month. In 2011, the AHA and four partners formed Equity of Care...

March 30th, 2015
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University Hospitals, Cleveland, is advancing multiple care equity initiatives. The over 2,000-be...

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Most hospitals collect race, ethnicity and language data, but a smaller percentage use the data i...

December 17th, 2014
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This HPOE webinar, held in conjunction with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, fea...

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Read about how Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare developed a minority nusing program that identifies ...

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

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This handy visual aid illustrates the main points from "2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Benchma...

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

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Based in the Pennsylvania cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Hazleton, Lehigh Valley Health Netwo...

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

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

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The Minority Faculty Development Awards program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cl...

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

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

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

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

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Community members are integral partners at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania, helping ...

November 17th, 2014
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California's Central Valley is known for its abundant fruits and vegetables; however, many famili...

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

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

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African immigrants and refugees represent four percent of the total population in the United Stat...

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In 2013, the Connecticut Multicultural State Partnership, a non-profit health advocacy group, rec...

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

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In a this video, leaders from CHRISTUS Health provide an overview of the Equity of Care initiativ...

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

November 1st, 2014
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This HPOE webinar, held with the Institute for Diversity, highlights Henry Ford Health System, wh...

October 29th, 2014
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INTEGRIS Health is the largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation. Its facilities cover the c...

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

September 25th, 2014
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“Once a patient believes that you [the provider] understand them, we think the healing begins,” s...

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

August 1st, 2014
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A national leader in health care equity, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has developed s...

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

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

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

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

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The Greater Detroit Area Health Council is taking an innovative approach to reducing disparities ...

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This viewpoint article examines the barriers to improving health outcomes, eliminating disparitie...

February 26th, 2014
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Founded in 1989, the Metro Community Provider Network is a nonprofit organization in the Denver M...

January 1st, 2014
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Established in 2007, Colorado Total Smiles is a nonprofit located in the Denver Metro area that p...

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Womansplace Crisis Center is committed to working toward the elimination of violence against wome...

December 1st, 2013
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After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecede...

November 11th, 2013

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

November 5th, 2013
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Focusing on strategies to improve quality, address disparities and achieve equity will be essenti...

October 22nd, 2013
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A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

August 19th, 2013
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Providing quality care for patients with limited English proficiency can be challenging, even for...

July 8th, 2013
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Providing the very best care—the goal of all hospitals and care givers—must include an understand...

May 16th, 2013
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Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...

May 13th, 2013
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Providing culturally competent care to patients requires a focus on more than just race, ethnicit...

April 25th, 2013
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Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

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The treatment of asthma requires cultural and linguistic sensitivity. Ideal treatment options req...

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

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

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

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

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Although it is accepted that cultural competency training is a vital part of reducing health disp...

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A collaborative effort among Harborview Medical Center, two massage schools, the Southeast Seattl...

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

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Health plans and provider communities share a need for quality information that promotes cultural...

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

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This case study explains Barnes-Jewish Hospital's approach to training it  4,100 team members thr...

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

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

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

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

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In 2005, the University of Washington School of Medicine was awarded a grant from the National In...

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Interest in cross-cultural communication in health care has increased in recent years as provider...

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

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This case study describes an evidence-based residency program that applies to an international au...

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

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

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Since 2011, a series of narrated video slideshow presentations has been under development at  Har...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 12th, 2013
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