Transformational Medicine: A Health System with Equity for All Carmen R. Green, M.D. Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Health Management and Policy
Jan 05, 2016
Transformational Medicine:A Health System
with Equity for All
Carmen R. Green, M.D.Associate Vice President and Associate Dean
for Health Equity and Inclusion
Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Health Management and Policy
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004, “U.S. Interim Projections by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin,” <http://wwww.census.gov/ipc/www/usinterimproj/> Released March 18, 2004
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004, “U.S. Interim Projections by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, <http://wwww.census.gov/ipc/www/usinterimproj/> Released March 18, 2004
Institute of Medicine
It’s more than a good idea … it’s the law!
UMHS Strategic Planningand 2020 Vision
• The national will look to UMHS for successfully addressing health care costs and inequities
• The educational experience offered will be unparalleled and sought after by the brightest scientists
• Develop policy and culture to ensure diversity, inclusion, and health equity as core values
UMHS Strategic Planningand 2020 Vision (continued)
• Promote diversity, cultural competency, and satisfaction among faculty, staff and learners
• UMHS must proactively ensure recruitment of a diverse community of faculty, staff, students, trainees, and leaders
• UMHS must create a culture and climate that promotes inclusion
• UMHS health equity and inclusion goals intersect with all goals and are consistent with excellence
What is Needed?Where are the Gaps?
Our head, heart, and hands are neededto leverage our competitive advantage
Leaders and Best
Quality Health Equity Excellence
UMHS Health Equity and Inclusion Vision: Excellence!
UMHS is a national exemplar for:•Creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment by promoting equitable advancement, retention, graduation, and opportunities for all
•Patient and population centered and culturally sensitive care
UMHS Health Equity and Inclusion Vision: Excellence!
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• Inter-professional education and scholarship focusing on diversity, inclusion, and health equity in the health sciences, clinical, management, and policy arenas
• Being the provider, educator, and employer of choice
Five Over-riding Goals
1. To provide the highest quality patient and population centered care in a culturally sensitive manner
2. To recruit, educate, train, employ, and retain the best, brightest, and most diverse workforce to lead and participate in our programs
3. To ensure career development and advancement opportunities are transparent and available to all
Five Over-riding Goals(continued)
4. To be accountable for outcomes by translating knowledge into practice, disseminating best practices and new knowledge broadly, and driving policy
5. To be an exemplar for a learning health care system by national leadership in scholarship focusing on diversity, inclusion, and health equity
To Ensure Health Equity, we must:
• Develop new fields of inquiry relevant to large and growing populations
• Develop a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment
• Promote excellence in relevant clinical care, education, research, and public service missions
• Create a roadmap and a culture that values transparency and quality while promoting access and success for all
• Promote healthy and diverse communities
Framework for Institutional Progress Toward Diversity,
Inclusion, & Health Equity at UMHS
Faculty, staff trainees, and
alums
UMHS Leadership EVPMA, Dean
and CEO Leadership AVP & AD
Institutional policies, culture,
practice, and mission alignment
(including department and program level) Short Term
< 3 Years Long Term 7-10 years
Patients and family
Monitor outcomes
Intermediate 3-7 years
Disseminate and translate
UMHS identified as the leader and best
Identify community
concerns, culture, and values
Agree on guiding
principles
Develop and implement
interventions, metrics, and measures
Environmental survey of all
programs