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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.
Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Planning Toolkit
01/20/2022
This toolkit provides step by step guides on how to create a strategic plan with diversity, equity, and inclusion in mind.
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.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
White Accountability & Health Equity By Stephen Graves and Alex Bethel
01/12/2022
In this article, diversity, equity and inclusion consultants Stephen Graves and Alex Bethel share insights on how White healthcare professionals can move beyond White fragility and harness their racial privilege to create health equity.
What Black Employee Resource Groups Need Right Now
01/11/2022
This article outlines the benefits of ERGs while identifying ways for institutions to support involved staff, both internally and publicly, who are primarily volunteers. Black employees who are part of ERGs may feel burnt out and this article focuses on their involvement in ERGs and ways their companies can support them. ERGs develop internal leaders while benefitting the overall growth of the company. Ensuring ERG members are respected and given the time and space to complete this additional work separate from their full time job, have mental health support, and enough funding to allow for them to involve the rest of staff in learning will put less stress on ERG members.
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.
Anti-Racist Organizational Change: Resources & Tools for Nonprofits
01/11/2022
The purpose of this resource booklet is to: Tell the story of how our anti-racist organizational change project started. Share some of the resources we’ve found and developed along the way. Provide guidance on how other nonprofits can start their own process.
The Impact of Unconscious Bias in Healthcare: How to Recognize and Mitigate It
01/11/2022
This report emphasizes the importance of providing healthcare professionals with learning opportunities to aid their ability to care for individuals different from themselves.
What Inclusive Companies Have in Common
01/11/2022
A survey of more than 19,000 HBR readers found that one particular culture style differentiated the diverse and inclusive organizations from those that were not: a learning-oriented culture that emphasizes flexibility, open-mindedness, and exploration, and can equip organizations with the ability to adapt and innovate.
Health Care and the Competitive Advantage of Racial Equity: How Advancing Racial Equity Can Create Business Value
01/11/2022
This PolicyLink report identifies key strategic actions and internal catalysts that can help companies in these industries prosper byaddressing the distinctive needs of customers of color.
How to Develop a Diversity, Equity and Incusion Initiative - SHRM
01/11/2022
The following nine steps break down these main phases into action steps employers can take to develop a DE&I initiative.
Racial Equity Value Statements
01/11/2022
This document contains racial equity value statements from various organizations located in different places.
An Integrated Anti-Oppression Framework for Reviewing and Developing Policy An Integrated Anti-Oppression Framework for Reviewing and Developing Policy
01/11/2022
The aim of this tool kit is to help organizations review and consider changes to policies such as these to make sure that they are equitable for all employees and members, and for their community.
DEI Maturity Index
01/11/2022
This is a free resource that can be used as often as needed by individuals or teams on your campus who are familiar with your institution's DEI efforts.
Introduction to the Human Resources Discipline of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
01/11/2022
This SHRM EDI Toolkit includes the qualities, experiences and work styles that make individuals unique (e.g., age, race, religion, disabilities, ethnicity) as well as how organizations can leverage those qualities in support of business objectives.
Mobilizing toward health equity: Action steps for health care organizations, Perspectives of health care CEOs and leadership executives
01/06/2022
Health care organizations are on the front lines of addressing health equity, playing key roles in not only access and care delivery, but also as employers and as community members. Discover strategies for organizations to address health equity within their organizations and the communities they serve.