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Systems Leader Health Equity Transformation Assessment Guidance
04/05/2022
Across health systems, equity, diversity and inclusion may require varying degrees of resources based on a hospital’s leadership, staff resources, geography and demographics. Here are recommendations to engage the hospitals in your system.
Health Equity Transformation Model: Literature Overview
04/04/2022
Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services is key to advancing health equity, improving patient safety and quality of care and eliminating health disparities. This literature overview provides a series of resources intended to guide and empower efforts to reach this critical milepost.
Accelerating Health Equity: Moving from Conversation to Action
03/31/2022
Now is the time to evaluate how far we have come in closing gaps in health disparities, assess where health care is on the equity journey and take what we’ve learned to strengthen our organizations and communities through collaborative and innovative work — by investing in our neighborhoods and one another.
Special Message: AHA Launches Health Equity Roadmap
03/29/2022
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Health Equity Roadmap — an innovative framework to support hospitals and health systems in their efforts to become more equitable organizations and dismantle structural barriers to health and overall well-being.
Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Transforming Transformation Action Planner
01/21/2022
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 Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance continuum.
Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Affirming Transformation Action Planner
01/21/2022
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 Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance continuum.
Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Immersing Transformation Action Planner
01/21/2022
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 Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance continuum.
Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance: Committing Transformation Action Planner
01/21/2022
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 Diverse Representation in Leadership and Governance continuum.
Critical Questions Every Board Needs to be Able to Answer
01/20/2022
This guidebook offers a section on why investing in communities is necessary for the benefit of the overall health of local populations and in encouraging accountability. The guidebook encourages the involvement of leaders in the local community.
Failure is not an Option: How Nonprofit Boards Can Support Leaders of Color
01/20/2022
In this moment of profound challenge and opportunity, keeping equity at the center is critical. Supporting leaders of color is a fundamental step in this process. Here are a few ways nonprofit boards and their organizations can build structures and practices to attract, hire, and retain successful CEOs and other C-suite leaders of color.
Where is Race on Your Board's Recruitent Agenda?
01/20/2022
This tool provides in overview of how can you build a stronger board. According to Leading with Intent, racial diversity on nonprofit boards is lacking. Download this document to learn: how the composition of nonprofit boards compares to the country as a whole ways to better connect to the community your organization serves what questions you can ask to start thinking about diversifying your board
Chief Executive Do & Don'ts in Recruiting Non-profit Board Members
01/20/2022
This tool provides the do's and don'ts on the level involvement of the chief executive be in the recruitment process. While the board is ultimately responsible for recruiting and selecting new board members, the chief executive also plays an important role in the process. Including information from Recruiting a Stronger Board, this resource explains when CEOs should be involved and when they need to take a step back.
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.
A Case for Leadership Diversity
01/20/2022
This guide is intended as a resource for effective dialogue about work with communities, with the overarching goal of beginning to collectively explore the vision, assets and commonalities that will help build a movement for positive and lasting social change towards a more just and equitable society.
Equity of Care: Best Practices for Building Leadership Diversity Programs
01/20/2022
This worksheet looks at best practices for building leadership diversity programs through various case studies. Cases vary by career level and touch on topics such as hiring for new roles and diversity committees.
Diversity and Inclusion in Leadership and Governance
01/19/2022
This toolkit focuses on developing diversity and inclusion leadership strategies at the board level. It also encourages significant governance changes throughout health care organizations.
Workforce — Inclusive, Local Hiring: Building the Pipeline to a Health Community
12/21/2021
Through local and inclusive hiring, health systems can invest in an ecosystem of success that lifts up local residents; helps create career pathways for low-income, minority, and hard-to-employ populations; and begins to transform neighborhoods.
5 Steps to Achieving Diversity on Your Board
12/14/2020
Focusing on specific strategies and practices will support diverse recruitment on health care boards.
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.
How and Why to Increase Board Diversity
07/13/2015
Board diversity has lagged behind the growth of increasingly diverse communities. This article looks at the advantage of having a diverse board and how to begin having discussions around building one and doing the work to create a diverse board.