Workforce Diversity
To aid hospitals and health systems in identifying health disparity gaps, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA Physician Alliance and interim executive lead of AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, highlights new race, ethnicity and language (REaL) data resources and tools to鈥
In this conversation, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance and interim executive lead for the AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity an Health Equity, talks with two health system chief diversity officers about their efforts to learn more about the patients they are serving鈥
Loyola Medicine has maintained a strong partnership with its neighboring communities in Chicago鈥檚 near western suburbs.
Xenophobia, or the fear and hatred of people from other countries, has accentuated anti-Asian sentiment, including reported hate crimes.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack today issued the following statement in response to the killing of George Floyd and the unrest throughout the country.
AHA鈥檚 statement for the record to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means for the May 27, 2020 hearing, 鈥淭he Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color.鈥
In this podcast, Darren Henson, AHA鈥檚 director at the Institute for Diversity & Health Equity, explores how despite the COVID-19 outbreak, Loyola University Medical Center 鈥 serving the Chicago area 鈥 remains committed to its partnership with a community-driven, multi-sector coalition.鈥
As March ushers in Women's History Month, our new Advancing Health podcast "Black History & Women's History Months: A Conversation with our Board Chair" features an interview with Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., a remarkable leader who was recently recognized on Modern Healthcare Magazine's list of鈥
In conjunction with Black History Month, Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA chief medical officer and senior vice president, highlights AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity resources and activities aimed at addressing disparities in health care.
The AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity encourages all hospitals to complete its 2019 Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey by the extended deadline of Feb. 14.