Workforce Diversity

SHSMD celebrates May as a month of well-being, resilience, and care. May hosts Mental Health Awareness Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! We recognize the importance of mental health awareness and the strength of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
Discuss how to address diversity, equity, and inclusion in your organization’s strategy and communications plans.
View the SHSMD webinar recording Live Webinar: August 26, 2021 A New Imperative: Consumer Expectations on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Health Care
These resources help advance Diversity, Health Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in your organizations and demonstrate a commitment to DEI in your community.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: 21st Century Connections for 21st Century SuccessThe last seven months have been perilous, unprecedented, and uncertain for hospitals and health systems nation wide. As a result, we are rapidly developing, evaluating, and deploying new interdisciplinary strategies…
By attending this free program, you will learn gender-affirming terms and practices, become familiar with the challenges embedded in the transgender patient experience and develop a vision for shifting your organization’s culture towards more robust inclusion.
Learn how an emerging best practice, the “Total Market Approach,” can create market advantages for health plans, hospitals and health systems by leveraging core human truths across general market and multicultural audiences as these groups merge into the “New Americano."
Using techniques such as small group meetings, large group meetings, and a coalition of participants (crossing the organization horizontally and vertically), Huggins facilitated conversations for quick strategy and action planning.
Definition: Engage individuals with diverse skills and viewpoints to build highly functional teams. Example: Select participants according to worldview and experience rather than job title. Relates to: