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

April 12th, 2017
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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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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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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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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...

January 12th, 2015
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Building a culture that is inclusive and founded on principles of diversity was a “key destinatio...

December 1st, 2014
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Community members are integral partners at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania, helping ...

November 17th, 2014
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“Once a patient believes that you [the provider] understand them, we think the healing begins,” s...

September 8th, 2014
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A national leader in health care equity, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has developed s...

July 21st, 2014
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After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecede...

November 11th, 2013

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

May 13th, 2013
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A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

March 4th, 2013
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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

January 14th, 2013
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Though more work needs to be done, our nation's hospitals are making advancements in providing qu...

July 23rd, 2012
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Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

March 19th, 2012
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A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

September 26th, 2011
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Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

August 22nd, 2011
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The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...

May 2nd, 2011
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Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

September 20th, 2010
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