Many patients face barriers to health access and care—which your organization can address through programs and services. Engage with these tools and trainings to strengthen your equity efforts.
“Everything that happened in our family, Dr. Ansell was there.” West Side residents share stories of receiving charitable care with a personal touch at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
Race, Ethnicity and Language (REaL) data allows hospital and health systems to better understand and care for patients. Get strategies and pointers in this AHA resource.
Initiatives to reduce disparities can simultaneously improve your organization's performance. National experts share their insight in this AHA webinar.
Evidence-based practices can help your organization collect and stratify data to improve patient outcomes. AHA's toolkit has relevant metrics, case studies and more.
Designed for interdisciplinary teams, this resource contains measures to integrate into existing data dashboards. You'll also find strategies to engage stakeholders in equity efforts.
To support essential hospitals and their partners in advancing population health. America's Essential Hospitals has compiled resource and promising practices on addressing structural racism.
Where people live, learn, work and play affects their health and quality of life. CDC shares resources for social determinant of health data, research, tools for action, programs, and policy.
Find out how this national collaboration of 60 leading healthcare systems is building more inclusive and sustainable local economies.
Watch this video for valuable insight into building a pipeline to a healthy community. The video's toolkit will help you establish a local and inclusive hiring strategy.
Does your purchasing program maximize local and inclusive sourcing opportunities? Assess your institution by completing this comprehensive checklist.
The Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management’s guide to increasing supplier diversity features action steps, planning tools and case studies.
The National Academy of Medicine presents an agenda – created with input from healthcare quality leaders – to position equity at the center of discussions on healthcare quality improvement.
The Government Alliance on Race & Equity works to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all. Review their action plan on enacting meaningful change.
Refine your organization's strategy by reviewing this compilation of existing racial health equity action plans–featuring initiatives at the neighborhood, community and city level.
Knowledge of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) terminology can contribute to a respectful, inclusive environment. Renown Health's blog post will walk you through key terms.
The New England Journal of Medicine identifies and explores the racist policies as the root cause of racial health inequities in the U.S. Read the full report.