Health Equity
In my role as president and chief executive officer of Swedish Health Services in Seattle, I’m constantly focused on excellence. What are we doing well? What can we do better? What is the best path to achieving our goals and aspirations as caregivers and health partners to every patient in every…
My interest in health care started at an early age. I grew up in a rural Alabama town with minimal access to primary or obstetrical care. Family physicians cared for most of the community, and even delivered babies, but Black mothers often received little prenatal care and delivered at home.
Living in a rural area with several poverty pockets, I realized that some of the most important work I would do as a leader in health care would happen outside of the hospital and in the community.
The presence of women in leadership positions within the health care sector, including CEOs and presidents of health systems, brings a multitude of benefits to both the organizations and the broader health care landscape.
The central challenge we face in health care today is the galling health inequities impacting communities across the United States.
“No matter who you are, what you look like, where you are from or who you love — we are here for you.” This is often the mantra I give as I speak about Cooley Dickinson Hospital, a member hospital of Mass General Brigham.
The AHA Equity Transformation Partners (ETP) program is available to highly reputable, qualified service providers in the diversity and health equity space.
Gain awareness and creditability with AHA hospitals as they advance health equity within their organizations and across their communities