WIHI: Aim High For Equity in the Health Care Workforce
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Stephen Mette, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, interim Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice Chancellor Clinical Programs, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center​​ Andrea Werner, MSW, Senior Vice President, Bellin Health Systems Kalyn Witak, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Bellin Health Systems Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH, Head of Innovation, Institute for Healthcare Improvement If you’re looking to learn more about the role health care systems can play in the efforts to improve workforce equity, then this episode of WIHI is for you. We’ll hear from several members of IHI’s Leadership Alliance: Bellin Health Systems and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center (UAMS) on their work in the Alliance’s Equity Workgroup. In 2018, the Workgroup made a Call to Action to Achieve Health Equity to create “a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workforce in our organizations.” They recognize the need to better understand and address the ways in which workplace inequities, e.g., low income or stagnant career growth, impact the health of the communities in which these institutions reside. In a conversation facilitated by IHI’s Saranya Loehrer, teams at both Bellin and UAMS will highlight the implementation details of their workplace equity efforts, and share their learnings so far.
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