HealthPartners Institute Minneapolis MN Equitable Care Educational Strategy

摘要

Background:The HealthPartners organization is a health plan and a health system comprised of several hospitals and clinics in the Twin Cities area. Equitable care has long been a priority of the organization, but most work has been done through individual departments, training programs, or individual entities within the larger organization. In 2015, leadership from Regions Hospital, a HealthPartners hospital, participated in the Disparities Leadership Program. Their work focused on creating an equitable care infrastructure at the hospital, with a goal of reducing healthcare disparities. As a result, the Regions Equitable Care Committee was formed. This committee meets monthly to continue work on identifying and reducing disparities. Members of this group also participate in the health system’s larger group, the Equitable Care Sponsors Group. NI V provided the perfect opportunity to create an equitable care educational strategy that aligned with the equitable care work of these committees.