Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hospitals and health systems are focusing on cultural competence to create an environment and wor...

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

Nine in 10 adults in the community lacked the literacy skills to manage their health and prevent ...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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