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AI and Health Equity: How Health System Boards Can Mitigate Risks and Advance Benefits

07/10/2024

How should organizations harness AI’s transformative potential without creating unintended, adverse consequences? We offer steps to help establish guardrails, collaborations, and strategies for use.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Informed DEI/SDOH Programs, Diverse Representation in Executive Leadership and Governance, Governing Bodies, Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity

Health Disparities Collaborative Learning Community Resources: Recruitment Subgroup

07/09/2024

This toolkit presents options for residency program directors to reinforce GME recruitment more consistently with regards to diversity.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies

02/06/2022

Applying a DEI lens to organizational policies and supporting an equitable and inclusive climate and culture.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Climate and Culture, Inclusive, Local Sourcing, Strategic Plan Integration, Workforce Diversity

Amplifying Black Voices: What health care organizations can do to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workforce

01/20/2022

This report surveyed members of the National Association for Health Services Executives on their experiences working in health care, organizational priorities and strategies around DE&I, and opportunities in career advancement. The report recognized the need for policy change at the internal level as well as the federal and state policy level. Internally, connecting with communities and creating a strong internal strucutre were imperative.

Diverse Representation in Executive Leadership and Governance, Executive Leaders, Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies: Transforming Transformation Action Planner

01/19/2022

Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Transforming on the Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies continuum.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Climate and Culture, Inclusive, Local Sourcing, Strategic Plan Integration, Workforce Diversity

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies: Affirming Transformation Action Planner

01/19/2022

Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Affirming on the Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies continuum.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Climate and Culture, Inclusive, Local Sourcing, Strategic Plan Integration, Workforce Diversity

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies: Immersing Transformation Action Planner

01/19/2022

Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Immersing on the Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies continuum.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Climate and Culture, Inclusive, Local Sourcing, Strategic Plan Integration, Workforce Diversity

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies: Committing Transformation Action Planner

01/19/2022

Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Committing on the Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies continuum.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Climate and Culture, Inclusive, Local Sourcing, Strategic Plan Integration, Workforce Diversity

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies: Exploring Transformation Action Planner

01/18/2022

Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Exploring on the Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies continuum.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Climate and Culture, Inclusive, Local Sourcing, Strategic Plan Integration, Workforce Diversity

Benioff Children's Hospital: Action Plan for Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

01/11/2022

This is a comprehensive example of a Hospital's Action Plan providing recordings, handouts, and the plan itself. An action plan with a focus on DEI results in a an organization dedicated to the goals of fostering a more equitable workplace. A finalized action plan results in goals to move forward in practice, in one case committing to employee-led resource groups.

Culturally Appropriate Patient Care, Patient Support, Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity, Systematic and Shared Accountability, Employee-Led Groups

How to Develop a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative

12/07/2021

This article outlines the four phases of developing a DEI initiative in the workplace which is further broken down into 9 steps. It emphasizes the need for the organization and its leaders to track their goals and progress made by the diverse groups. In addition, the recommendations the group makes to senior leadership must also be tracked to track progress.

Workforce Diversity, Employee-Led Groups

Inside-Up Strategies: Connecting Front-line Workers to Pathways for Career Advancement

12/01/2021

This toolkit focuses on ways to ensure employees are receiving access to career advancement opportunities. This ensures local hires grow in their work and there is a pathway to greater experience and support that will benefit the company and hospital as a whole through employee investment.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity

Outside-In Strategies: Breaking Down Barriers to Employment

12/01/2021

This resource looks at the benefits of hiring locally by creating a system of entry points for applicants that normally face barriers to this work.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity

Fall Enrichment Program (FEP)

09/06/2019

Each fall, the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity partners with various hospital and health systems across the country to provide an 18-20 week paid internship opportunity for academically strong, diverse individuals. This opportunity is aimed at students who have completed their health care oriented graduate degree within the last two years. The Fall Enrichment Program (FEP) offers an immersive on-site experience for those who want to become exceptional hospital administrators and health care leaders.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity

Executive Certificate in Diversity and Health Equity

05/23/2019

Diversity, inclusion, cultural humility and health equity are imperative for health care organizations, as the U.S. demographic landscape continues to change and regulatory agencies continue to implement requirements to improve safety and quality, reduce health care disparities and create more affordable care for patients. This certificate program works to train leaders who can build a more robust diversity strategy in their health care community.

Culturally Appropriate Patient Care, Training, Diverse Representation in Executive Leadership and Governance, Executive Leaders, Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Climate and Culture, Workforce Diversity, Systematic and Shared Accountability, Health Equity Champions

Summer Enrichment Program

05/23/2019

The Institute's Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) places diverse, graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in health care administration or a related field in 10-week, paid internships within health care organizations.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity

Inclusive, Local Hiring: Building the Pipeline to a Healthy Community

04/25/2018

ACHI and the AHA Workforce Center hosted a webinar on how health systems can develop an inclusive, local hiring pipeline through creating more external community connections and internal career paths.

Community Collaboration for Solutions, Investing in Your Community, Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Workforce Diversity

Does Your Hospital Reflect the Community It Serves?

02/08/2018

This toolkit provides checklists to assess the organization's diversity (inclusing leadership), workforce diversity, and patient care while providing action steps to move toward being a more diverse organization. The toolkit also provides case studies of various hospitals who took initatives toward becoming more diverse and their outcomes.

Community Collaboration for Solutions, Investing in Your Community, Understanding Your Community, Culturally Appropriate Patient Care, Diverse Representation in Executive Leadership and Governance, Executive Leaders, Governing Bodies, Workforce Diversity, Employee-Led Groups, Health Equity Champions

Eliminating Health Care Disparities: Implementing the National Call to Action Using Lessons Learned

02/01/2012

Health care equity has become an important discussion nationally as policymakers aim to improve quality of care while lowering costs through a variety of changes to existing incentives. Recognizing that there are areas for improvement is a first step, but it must be followed by actionable strategies to make sustainable improvements.

Equitable and Inclusive Organizational Policies, Climate and Culture, Workforce Diversity