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Vidant Health joins eight health care organizations across the country in two-year initiative to advance equity
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Vidant Health joins eight health care organizations across the country in two-year initiative to advance equity
With support from the Rx Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and participating organizations, the initiative aims to reduce inequities and outline a blueprint for how health care can advance equity.
GREENVILLE Vidant Health is one of nine health care organizations that will partake in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) two- year initiative, Pursuing Equity. The goal is to reduce inequities in health and health care access, treatment and outcomes by implementing comprehensive strategies to create and sustain equitable health systems.
"Vidant Health is honored to be a part of this initiative which will allow us to work with other organizations across the country to ensure that individuals and communities can attain their full health potential," said Dr. Michael Waldrum, CEO of Vidant Health. "We all bring different skill sets and experiences to the table which are instrumental in continuing this critical work."
The organizations-diverse in size, geography and patient populations served-will work with IHI and learn from one another. The initiative hopes to break new ground by explicitly addressing institutional racism, and by identifying ways health care organizations can impact equity in areas like employee wellness and social determinants of health, in addition to reducing clinical disparities at the point of care.
Amy Reid, a director at IHI and lead of the Pursuing Equity initiative, stated, "No one sector holds the entire answer to health and well-being, but we each have an important role to play in our own sphere of influence. Health care can make an impact by providing equitable, high-quality and high-value care, and also through its role as an employer and partner in a community. Through Pursuing Equity, we are thrilled to work with nine organizations that are already demonstrating what's possible when health equity becomes a strategic priority."
Making health equity a strategic priority is one of five key recommendations recently laid out in the IHI White Paper, Achieving Health Equity: A Guide for Health Care Organizations. Other recommendations include developing structures and processes to support equity work, deploying scientific strategies to address the multiple determinants of health on which health care organizations can have a direct impact, decreasing institutional racism within the organization and developing partnerships with community organizations. To achieve these goals, each of the nine organizations taking part in Pursuing Equity will build on foundational work in their health systems, including promising programs to reduce clinical disparities, the ability to track equity in process and outcomes data and a high level of quality improvement knowledge and capability.
The nine organizations participating in Pursuing Equity are:
IHI strives for a future free of health inequities, and is committing its tools, talents and team to this essential human pursuit. IHI aims to achieve health equity by working in collaboration with organizations, communities and individuals to accelerate the elimination of inequities in health care access, treatment and outcomes across our nation. More information and resources about Health Equity are available on IHI.org.
IHI's Pursuing Equity initiative is made possible through funding by the Rx Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and the participating health systems.
About the Rx Foundation
The Rx Foundation funds innovative projects and people to improve healthcare quality and access in the United States. The foundation supports early-stage initiatives with strong leadership and potential for outsized impact. Learn more at www.rxfoundation.org.
About the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
The mission of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is to promote health equity and improve the health outcomes of populations disproportionately affected by serious diseases and conditions, by strengthening community-based health care worker capacity, integrating medical care and community-based supportive services, and mobilizing communities in the fight against disease. For more information about the Bristol- Myers Squibb Foundation, please visit www.bms.com/foundation or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.
About the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IHI is a leader in health and health care improvement worldwide. For more than 25 years, IHI has partnered with visionaries, leaders, and front-line practitioners around the globe to spark bold, inventive ways to improve the health of individuals and populations. Recognized as an innovator, convener, trustworthy partner, and driver of results, IHI is the first place to turn for expertise, help, and encouragement for anyone, anywhere who wants to change health and health care profoundly for the better. Learn more at ihi.org.
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About Vidant Health
Vidant Health is a mission-driven, 1,439-bed health system that annually serves more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is made up of 12,000 employees, eight hospitals, home health, hospice, wellness centers, and Vidant Medical Group, a multispecialty physician and provider group with more than 420 providers in 80 practice sites. Vidant Health is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. As a major resource for health services and education, Vidant Health has a mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina. For more information, visit www.vidanthealth.com.
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Vidant Health joins eight health care organizations across the country in two-year initiative to advance equity
With support from the Rx Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and participating organizations, the initiative aims to reduce inequities and outline a blueprint for how health care can advance equity.
GREENVILLE Vidant Health is one of nine health care organizations that will partake in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) two- year initiative, Pursuing Equity. The goal is to reduce inequities in health and health care access, treatment and outcomes by implementing comprehensive strategies to create and sustain equitable health systems.
"Vidant Health is honored to be a part of this initiative which will allow us to work with other organizations across the country to ensure that individuals and communities can attain their full health potential," said Dr. Michael Waldrum, CEO of Vidant Health. "We all bring different skill sets and experiences to the table which are instrumental in continuing this critical work."
The organizations-diverse in size, geography and patient populations served-will work with IHI and learn from one another. The initiative hopes to break new ground by explicitly addressing institutional racism, and by identifying ways health care organizations can impact equity in areas like employee wellness and social determinants of health, in addition to reducing clinical disparities at the point of care.
Amy Reid, a director at IHI and lead of the Pursuing Equity initiative, stated, "No one sector holds the entire answer to health and well-being, but we each have an important role to play in our own sphere of influence. Health care can make an impact by providing equitable, high-quality and high-value care, and also through its role as an employer and partner in a community. Through Pursuing Equity, we are thrilled to work with nine organizations that are already demonstrating what's possible when health equity becomes a strategic priority."
Making health equity a strategic priority is one of five key recommendations recently laid out in the IHI White Paper, Achieving Health Equity: A Guide for Health Care Organizations. Other recommendations include developing structures and processes to support equity work, deploying scientific strategies to address the multiple determinants of health on which health care organizations can have a direct impact, decreasing institutional racism within the organization and developing partnerships with community organizations. To achieve these goals, each of the nine organizations taking part in Pursuing Equity will build on foundational work in their health systems, including promising programs to reduce clinical disparities, the ability to track equity in process and outcomes data and a high level of quality improvement knowledge and capability.
The nine organizations participating in Pursuing Equity are:
- HealthPartners
- Bloomington, Minnesota
- Henry Ford Health System
- Detroit, Michigan
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals
- Oakland, California
- Main Line Health
- Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Northwest Colorado Health
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Rush University Medical Center
- Chicago, Illinois
- Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
- Vidant Health
- Greenville, North Carolina
IHI strives for a future free of health inequities, and is committing its tools, talents and team to this essential human pursuit. IHI aims to achieve health equity by working in collaboration with organizations, communities and individuals to accelerate the elimination of inequities in health care access, treatment and outcomes across our nation. More information and resources about Health Equity are available on IHI.org.
IHI's Pursuing Equity initiative is made possible through funding by the Rx Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and the participating health systems.
About the Rx Foundation
The Rx Foundation funds innovative projects and people to improve healthcare quality and access in the United States. The foundation supports early-stage initiatives with strong leadership and potential for outsized impact. Learn more at www.rxfoundation.org.
About the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
The mission of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is to promote health equity and improve the health outcomes of populations disproportionately affected by serious diseases and conditions, by strengthening community-based health care worker capacity, integrating medical care and community-based supportive services, and mobilizing communities in the fight against disease. For more information about the Bristol- Myers Squibb Foundation, please visit www.bms.com/foundation or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.
About the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IHI is a leader in health and health care improvement worldwide. For more than 25 years, IHI has partnered with visionaries, leaders, and front-line practitioners around the globe to spark bold, inventive ways to improve the health of individuals and populations. Recognized as an innovator, convener, trustworthy partner, and driver of results, IHI is the first place to turn for expertise, help, and encouragement for anyone, anywhere who wants to change health and health care profoundly for the better. Learn more at ihi.org.
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About Vidant Health
Vidant Health is a mission-driven, 1,439-bed health system that annually serves more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is made up of 12,000 employees, eight hospitals, home health, hospice, wellness centers, and Vidant Medical Group, a multispecialty physician and provider group with more than 420 providers in 80 practice sites. Vidant Health is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. As a major resource for health services and education, Vidant Health has a mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina. For more information, visit www.vidanthealth.com.
- Contact:Beth Anne Atkins, Vidant Health Communications
- beth.atkins@vidanthealth.com or (252)847-7735.
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