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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.
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
01/24/2022
Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives.
Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Transforming Transformation Action Planner
01/20/2022
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 Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action continuum.
Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Affirming Transformation Action Planner
01/20/2022
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 Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action continuum.
Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Immersing Transformation Action Planner
01/20/2022
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 Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action continuum.
Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Committing Transformation Action Planner
01/20/2022
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 Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action continuum.
Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action: Exploring 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 Exploring on the Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action continuum.
Counting a Diverse Nation: Disaggregating Data on Race and Ethnicity to Advance a Culture of Health
01/12/2022
This report looks at the different methods for collecting and analyzing data on race and ethnicity while also looking at government policies that enhance data disaggregation.
The Nuts and Bolts of SOGI Data Implementation: A Troubleshooting Toolkit
01/12/2022
The third in the series, The Fenway Institute offers troubleshooting tips in implementing the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data such as adding SOGI questions to registration forms next to data regularly taken and how to best use the data recorded.
Eight Tips for Building Coalition Support and Moving SOGI Data Collection Forward in Your Organization
01/12/2022
The second in the series, The Fenway Institute offers tips for collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data and building coalition support.
Helping Your Organization Collect Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data
01/12/2022
The first in a series, The Fenway Institute shares information on why collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data is beneficial.
The Health Leads Social Health Data Toolkit
01/12/2022
The Health Leads Social Health Data Toolkit is designed for a range of healthcare teams seeking to effectively collect and apply social health program data.
Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity, Government Alliance on Racial Equity
01/12/2022
This racial equity tool is designed to integrate explicit consideration of racial equity in decisions, including policies, practices, programs, and budgets.
How to Best Use Data to Meet Your DE&I Goals
01/12/2022
This article looks at the benefits of utilizing data to establish metrics for tracking DEI goals. A suggestion is to empower employees to track and measure organizational DEI metrics.
So You Want to Collect Demographic Data - Getting Started
01/11/2022
This brief provides tips to help your organization get started with collecting and using demographic data, an essential tool for understanding the impact of your work.
D5: Making the Case For Demographic Data Collection
01/11/2022
This document makes suggestions for designing, implementing, and assessing the impact of programs and investments through gathering and analyzing demographic data ensuring responsive and relevant approaches to impact.
Using GIS Mapping to Help Address Disparities in Homelessness Assistance
01/11/2022
Geographic Information Systems
A Framework for Stratifying Race, Ethnicity and Language Data
01/11/2022
By collecting and stratifying patient race, ethnicity and language (REAL) data, hospitals and care systems can identify which, if any, health care disparities exist—and then target interventions to address the disparities. This 5-step framework outlines step by step how to stratify patient data.
Data-Driven Care Delivery: Data Collection, Stratification and Use
01/11/2022
This resource guide lays the groundwork for an equity roadmap to support hospitals’ and health systems’ efforts toward achieving high-quality, equitable care for all. It focuses on the beginnings of data collection.
The PRAPARE Screening Tool
01/11/2022
Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) is a national effort to help health centers and providers use data to better understand their patients needs to improve their healthcare and reduce costs. The PRAPARE Screening Tool has been translated in over 25 languages to extend accessibility to the diverse populations you serve.
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.
AHA Disparities Toolkit
10/18/2021
The Health Research and Educational Trust Disparities Toolkit is a Web-based tool that provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language data from patients.