SCHA Rural Hospital DEI Learning Collaborative

Rural Hospital DEI Learning Collaborative - Project Overview Video

 

Final Project Presentations: April 4th, 2023

Learning Session #4: Community Partnerships

On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the DEI Learning Collaborative held its fourth and final Learning Session via Zoom. Participants were lead through a participatory meeting process with the guest facilitator, Kabrina Bass, CEO of the Midlands Mediation Center. Ms. Bass asked probing questions about the definition of community, community outreach, and participation in community events followed. She explained the duality of partnerships and the importance of intentionality when listening and sharing within the communities we serve.

In the second half of the meeting, Learning Collaborative members heard from Amanda Cohen & Connie Kasprowicz about their work with LiveWell Georgetown; a community coalition supported by Tidelands Health and the Healthy People Healthy Carolinas project. The coalition utilizes the Effective Impact and Results Based Accountability models to achieve common health goals by starting with the end in mind. Following the pandemic, they are currently reframing their initiatives and placing more emphasis on DEI to honor community voices, build partnerships, and foster sustainability for future of Live Well Georgetown programs.

Throughout the meeting, were organized into groups from different hospitals to discuss:

  1. What community or groups of people in your area were most impacted by COVID-19? What health disparities did you see exacerbated in your marginalized or more vulnerable communities?

  2. What outreach or relationship building have you been able to do since 2020? Were your efforts successful or challenging or both?

  3. What challenges have you experienced developing relationships with your community?

  4. What can you use to improve, foster, or maintain relationships with your patient populations that have been impacted by COVID 19?

 

Meeting Materials & Session Recordings

Part 1 of 2 (2 total videos for Session #4)

Part 2 of 2 (Second and final video for Session #4)

Session 4 Resources

Community is…

Mentimeter Results: Click on the image to access the images from Session #4’s Menti.com interactive exercises.

 

Learning Session #3: Cultural Competency Training & Community Cultural Wealth

On Wednesday, May 25th 2022, the DEI Learning Collaborative held its third Learning Session via Zoom. Participants heard from Dr. Ira Murray, CEO of the United Way of the Capital Area in Jackson, Mississippi about how rural hospitals can be more culturally responsive by understanding the existing wealth of communities and the things that the community values. He outlined the different forms of “capital” that compose community cultural wealth and additional factors that can be used in advancing rural healthcare and other efforts.

In the second half of the meeting, Learning Collaborative members were organized into groups of 7 to 10 people from different hospitals to discuss: What are your successes, challenges, hopes and fears around health equity work within your hospital and with your community?

Group 1: Tidelands Health + Spartanburg Regional Healthcare

Group 2: MUSC Kershaw, Williamsburg + Self Healthcare

Group 3: Abbeville Area Medical Center + MUSC Enterprise

Meeting Materials & Session Recording

 

Meeting Materials:

  • Keynote Speaker Slides - Dr. Ira Murray, Community Cultural Wealth

  • DEI Project/Plan Guide - Excel File form with guidance for participating hospitals regarding their DEI Project Plan

  • Facilitator Slides - Katie Zenger & Briauna Salley’s information about Rural Hospital Learning Collaborative participants’ action items and next steps.

  • WORKSHEET - Community Cultural Wealth from Dr. Ira Murray

 

Learning Session #2: Data Collection, Stratification, & Use

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, the DEI Learning Collaborative held its second Learning Session via Zoom. Participants heard from Dr. Leon Caldwell from the AHA Institute for Diversity & Health Equity about how collecting valid stratified data is not only a performance tool, but should be used for the betterment of treatment outcomes, the retention of workforce, and organizational cost savings. Dr. Caldwell also provided the group with an in-depth explanation of the new AHA resource, the AHA Health Equity Roadmap. This new and improved tool was created by the Institute for Diversity & Equity as a framework for hospitals and healthcare systems to use while developing actionable paths toward transformation.

Participants also learned about the real life application of stratified data within a healthcare system from Suzanne Wilson and Juana Slade from AnMed Health. They shared their journey to develop and improve their internal data dashboard to inform their strategic DEI efforts with their community. Their slides and practical examples were a great example for the Learning Collaborative.

 

AnMed: Data for Impact

Click through to the detailed slides from Suzanne and Juana at AnMed Health.

Full Unedited Zoom Recording of Session #2 for the Rural Hospital DEI Learning Collaborative, held April 27, 2022 via Zoom.

 
 

Learning Session #1: Diversity & Inclusion within Leadership & Governance

On Wednesday, March 30th, the DEI Learning Collaborative participated in the first Learning Session via Zoom. Participants heard from subject matter experts from USC’s Collaborative on Race about the significant impact of implicit bias on health and healthcare, and learned from Dr. Kari-Claudia Allen Harrington how increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in leadership and governance supports hospitals’ and health systems’ efforts to reduce health disparities. The keynote also provides current data on how leadership in DEI at the highest levels can improve employee engagement, talent recruitment and retention, and help hospitals better reflect and communicate with the communities they serve.

Meeting Materials:

 
 

Unedited Video Recording of Learning Session #1 - March 30, 2022

 

Launch Meeting

The Rural Hospital Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Learning Collaborative met on March 8, 2022 to review project objectives and hear from hospital leaders about the importance of their work towards health equity. Meeting materials and a video of the Launch Meeting are available below.