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Diversity Spotlight

The Diversity Spotlight celebrates the accomplishments of our members, health care leaders and other diversity champions.  

Honoring Dedication and Innovation: The 2020 Equity of Care Award Winners

Three hospitals and health systems are recognized for earning 2020 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Awards.

Summer Enrichment Program Host Information

SEP Host sites are to provide professional development, mentorship, training and education for interns that are placed at their organization. IFDHE will give preference to host sites that are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion; and have the commitment integrated into their work practices and policies.

Why Collect Race, Ethnicity and Primary Language

A clear need exists to document and improve the quality of care provided to vulnerable populations. Data to track these disparities and develop effective programs to reduce and eliminate them is beneficial.

Advancing Health for LGBTQ Communities

Dr. Carl G. Streed Jr., M.D. discusses his personal mission to advance health care for LGBTQ communities.

Spotlight Feature: Listening to Your Community’s Health Care Needs to Ensure a Brighter Future

In this Spotlight Feature interview, Haley Urish, RN and patient care coordinator at Passavant along with Sarah Karraker, LCSW and Passavant’s manager of quality safety & operations improvement, discuss program goals for helping the youngest patients in the hospital’s surrounding community.

Spotlight Feature: Focusing on Basic Patient Needs to Fight Diabetes

Knowing that diabetes was surging throughout the community it serves, Humboldt Park Health (formerly Norwegian American Hospital) on Chicago’s West Side came up with a new approach to address the disparities it was seeing.

Spotlight Feature: Innovative Steps for Identifying Disparities in Fighting Breast Cancer

In this Spotlight Feature, Deepa Sheth, M.D. and Assistant Professor of Radiology, Breast Imaging Oncologist with University of Chicago Medicine talks about UChicago’s SCreening OutReach and Engagement (SCORE) breast cancer prevention initiative.

Update from the AHA and IFDHE

The AHA and IFDHE are reviewing their activities in light of recent Executive Orders and legal developments, which has required changes to our websites.