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Care Delivery Transformation, Social Determinants of Health, Population/Community Health, Reducing Healthcare Disparities
How equity impacts the patient experience
Hospitals and health systems are improving the patient experience by understanding implicit bias, preparing for sensitive conversations and addressing other factors that impact this part of the value equation.
Care Delivery Transformation, Workforce Diversity, Reducing Healthcare Disparities, Population/Community Health
How health equity impacts outcomes
Hospitals and health systems are improving health outcomes by tackling disparities in their communities, write Priya Bathija, a vice president at AHA, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.
Reducing Healthcare Disparities, Care Delivery Transformation
Making a financial case for health equity
Many hospitals and health systems are reducing costs and improving health outcomes by addressing disparities head on, write Priya Bathija, a vice president at AHA, and Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.
Rural issues, Social Determinants of Health
How one Kansas hospital is addressing its sustainability challenges and advancing health equity
Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, and other AHA leaders recently visited Kearny County Hospital, a critical access hospital in Kansas, where they met with the hospital’s board and community leaders about the organization’s innovative efforts to attract physicians, serve a unique population and improve health equity.
Workforce Diversity, Reducing Healthcare Disparities
For health care organizations, health equity takes center stage
In this AHA Stat Blog, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity President and CEO Duane Reynolds shares some takeaways from the recent ACHE conference and highlights a number of efforts AHA is involved in to help the field increase diversity and achieve health equity.
Awards & Fellowships, AHA, Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Share how your organization is working to improve health equity – apply for the AHA Equity of Care Award Applications for the 2019 AHA Equity of Care Award are due by Feb. 19
Please consider applying for the award and sharing how your organization is improving health equity and value.
Leadership, Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Meet the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity’s new president and CEO, Duane Reynolds
Reynolds says the Institute is poised to be a convener of the AHA’s diverse constituency and will elevate the relevance of its expertise and educational programming, along with introducing new analytical insights, as it continues to guide members in their pursuit of the advancement of diversity, inclusion and health equity.