Diversity in healthcare: time to get REAL!
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Diversity in healthcare: time to get REAL!
Front Health Serv Manage.
2010 Spring.
Abstract
Cross-cultural healthcare involves three key issues: racial and ethnic disparities in the quality of healthcare provided to minority patients; cross-cultural value differences between immigrant patients and Western medical providers; and providing language access and assistance to limited English proficient (LEP) and disabled persons. Addressing these key issues represents a compelling diversity agenda for a new generation of healthcare executives. This article describes each of these challenges and the cutting-edge strategies that leading healthcare organizations are using to address them.
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Disaggregating diversity data for optimal decision making.Front Health Serv Manage. 2010 Spring;26(3):35-40; discussion 53-6. Front Health Serv Manage. 2010. PMID: 20364642 No abstract available.
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Diversity in healthcare: driven by leadership.Front Health Serv Manage. 2010 Spring;26(3):41-4; discussion 53-6. Front Health Serv Manage. 2010. PMID: 20364643 No abstract available.
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Our experience: strong foundations accelerate change in diversity and cultural competence.Front Health Serv Manage. 2010 Spring;26(3):45-51; discussion 53-6. Front Health Serv Manage. 2010. PMID: 20364644 No abstract available.
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