On-Demand Recording

Patient Safety Awareness Week 2022

Addressing racial inequity in healthcare requires focused attention and concerted action. A new initiative in Los Angeles County (now in its third year) is doing just that. Cherished Futures for Black Moms and Babies helps participating hospitals evaluate their data, collaborate with community partners, and implement institutional changes to improve care for Black women, birthing people, and families.

Patient Safety Awareness Week 2022

In this presentation we will discuss who transgender patients are, and review relevant epidemiologic information about this diverse patient population. We will then discuss the treatments and care plans that many patients undergo in the course of care. This discussion will include a brief overview of surgeries, and what these surgeries require from both patients and the institutions who provide care. We will then reflect on how transcare actually contributes to – and improves, care quality for all (i.e. cis-gender) adult and pediatric patients at an institution. Lastly, we will spend time focusing on how culturally sensitive care is, in fact, a safety issue for trans patients that come to our institutions, and, how not delivering culturally competent care should be a concern for institutions.

HQI is offering a two-part webinar series, Health Equity Basics for Hospitals. The aim is to provide hospitals with the latest information on how to operationalize and execute actionable strategies to identify and address racial and ethnic disparities.   

Achieving equity in quality of care requires that we measure performance. When disparities are identified, improvement interventions must be developed to address them. Multiple equity and quality improvement strategies have proven outcomes. Understanding disparities and choosing the right intervention are critical to achieving equity in quality of care. 

HQI is offering a two-part webinar series, Health Equity Basics for Hospitals. The aim is to provide hospitals with the latest information on how to operationalize and execute actionable strategies to identify and address racial and ethnic disparities.   

To achieve equity in quality of care, collecting patient demographics and then measuring performance across a series of measures is fundamental. It is impossible to claim that an organization is delivering equitable care without building systems that can demonstrate this in an evidence-based way. Not unlike patient safety, we understand we cannot manage what we don’t measure — and achieving equity in quality requires data collection and performance measurement as a foundation for action.