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Health Equity Resources

03/04/2021

To support hospitals and health systems starting from different points on their journey to strengthen health equity, the AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE) is preparing four new guidance and resource toolkits to share evidence-based practices to inform organizational next steps. Look for additional IFDHE toolkits to be released throughout 2021.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Collection/Validation, Data Stratification/Reporting, Data Training, Community Collaboration for Solutions, Culturally Appropriate Patient Care, Diverse Representation in Executive Leadership and Governance

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.

Diverse Representation in Executive Leadership and Governance, Governing Bodies

Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Podcasts

10/27/2020

A list of podcasts from the AHA on health equity, diversity, and inclusions.

Diverse Representation in Executive Leadership and Governance, Governing Bodies

Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Measures for Hospitals and Health System Dashboards

07/30/2020

Inequities in health care are widely noted, yielding poorer quality of care and reduced patient safety, and increased costs. The economic burden of racial health inequalities in the United States is estimated to be $230 billion dollars. Identifying disparities in health care and effectively intervening to mitigate the effect of these gaps is key to attainting a society of healthy communities, where all individuals reach their highest potential for health. Hospital and health systems may utilize a dashboard to provide health care leaders with the necessary information on their journey to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion. A basic level health equity, diversity and inclusion dashboard may include measures to model the American Hospital Association 123forEquity Pledge to include the following: race, ethnicity and language preference data collection, stratification and use, cultural competency training, diversity and inclusion in governance and leadership, and community partnerships.

Culturally Appropriate Patient Care, DEI Support for Staff, Patient Support, Training

Addressing Patients' Social Needs Can Help Reduce Health Inequity during COVID-19

04/24/2020

This resource examines the impact of the social determinants of health on patients and communities as they battle the COVID-19 outbreak and shares ideas and case examples to help hospitals address ongoing social needs.

Community Collaboration for Solutions, Strengthening Partnerships, Understanding Your Community

Social Determinants of Health Series: Promoting Healthy Behaviors

01/17/2020

Help hospital and health care leaders encourage positive health behaviors in patients and communities.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Informed DEI/SDOH Programs

Financing Community Health: Unlocking Investments to Address SDOH

10/15/2019

In this webinar, the Center for Community Investment will share the basics about capital investment and how hospitals and health systems can leverage their existing resources for greater impact on health in their communities.

Community Collaboration for Solutions, Investing in Your Community

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

A Trustee's Guide to Population Health: Building New Foundations Linking Care with Community

06/07/2019

The six videos and discussion guide included in this resource are designed to provide trustees with an overview of population health strategies, the foundational capabilities that health care leaders are using to redesign care, the importance of developing new partnerships, as well as specific actions for how trustees can participate with their organization’s leadership team to advance health within their community.

Community Collaboration for Solutions, Strengthening Partnerships, Understanding Your Community

Screening for Social Needs: Guiding Care Teams to Engage Patients

06/05/2019

This toolkit aims to help hospitals and health systems facilitate sensitive conversations with patients about their nonmedical needs that may be a barrier to good health.

Culturally Appropriate Patient Care, Patient Support

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

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

Social Determinants of Health Curriculum for Clinicians

04/17/2019

The AHA's Physician Alliance has developed resources to help clinicians address social determinants of health within a framework that maximizes their skills while helping organizations systematically approach these challenges.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Informed DEI/SDOH Programs, Data Training, Culturally Appropriate Patient Care, DEI Support for Staff, Patient Support, Training

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

Resource on ICD-10-CM Coding for Social Determinants of Health

04/10/2018

Understand the role of ICD-10-CM codes in tracking and addressing patients' medical and social needs for personalized care.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Collection/Validation, Data Informed DEI/SDOH Programs, Data Stratification/Reporting, Data Training, Community Collaboration for Solutions, Understanding Your Community

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

Hospitals and Health Systems Ensuring Access in Their Communities

02/02/2018

Hospitals and Health Systems Ensuring Access in Their Communities is a compendium of case examples of AHA members from across the country employing the nine emerging strategies recommended by the association’s Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Informed DEI/SDOH Programs

Social Determinants of Health Series: Transportation and the Role of Hospitals

11/15/2017

"Transportation and the Role of Hospitals" is part of a series of guides and resources released by the AHA on how hospitals and health systems can address the social determinants of health (SDOH).

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Informed DEI/SDOH Programs, Community Collaboration for Solutions, Investing in Your Community, Strengthening Partnerships

Social Determinants of Health Series: Housing and the Role of Hospitals

08/22/2017

Hospitals and health systems can implement strategies and programs to improve housing stability, such as neighborhood revitalization, home assessment and repair programs, and care transition programs. This guide recommends a step-by-step pathway for hospitals to consider when developing housing programs. The guide also features five case studies on hospitals and health systems with innovative interventions to reduce housing barriers in their communities.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Informed DEI/SDOH Programs, Community Collaboration for Solutions, Investing in Your Community, Strengthening Partnerships

A Playbook for Fostering Hospital-Community Partnerships to Build a Culture of Health

07/27/2017

With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Health Research & Educational Trust has developed a playbook of effective methods, tools and strategies to create new partnerships and sustain successful existing ones.

Community Collaboration for Solutions, Strengthening Partnerships

Social Determinants of Health Series: Food Insecurity and the Role of Hospitals

06/21/2017

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food insecurity is defined as a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food with either disrupted eating patterns or reduced food intake. Food insecurity, a determinant of health, affected more than 12.7 percent of U.S. households—that is, 15.8 million households—in 2015.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Informed DEI/SDOH Programs, Community Collaboration for Solutions, Investing in Your Community, Strengthening Partnerships

Creating Effective Hospital-Community Partnerships to Build a Culture of Health

08/04/2016

Lessons learned and best practices in identifying community health needs, potential partners, and sustainable partnership structures, as well as recommendations for overcoming obstacles and challenges and assessing partnerships.

Community Collaboration for Solutions, Understanding Your Community

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.

Diverse Representation in Executive Leadership and Governance, Governing Bodies

A Framework for Stratifying Race, Ethnicity and Language Data

10/28/2014

This guide provides a framework for hospitals and care systems to stratify patient race, ethnicity and language data and use them to identify and address health care disparities. In the guide you will find sample dashboards and outlined steps.

Collection and Use of Data to Drive Action, Data Collection/Validation, Data Stratification/Reporting

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