Equity in delivery and outcomes

According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), people from various racial and ethnic groups may experience health disparities—preventable differences in health outcomes. Discrimination, economic instability, and lack of health care access are some of the factors that can contribute to these disparities. implicit biases and misperceptions about people from various racial and ethnic groups, especially for Black women, can exacerbate disparities by race and ethnicity in access to care.

Selection for clinical trials

In the US, minority racial and ethnic groups make up nearly 40% of the population. In 2020, 75% of the 32,000 participants that were included in clinical trials of FDA-approved drugs were White. (Technology Networks' Cancer Research)

Our approach to continuously improving equity

Our six step process is scalable and customizable to your needs, budgets, and capabilities. We apply evidence based approaches to deliver culturally embedded, continuous improvement, quantifiable results.

1. Understanding the Impact of bias

We direct learners to 1 hr AMA, Stanford Medical School CME programs, or other custom programs for information, and provide discussion guides to focus on how eliminating biases is important in your organization

2. We all have blind Spots

We direct learners to an online neurpsychological demonstration and non-shaming discovery about implicit bias, and provide a discussion guide to reinforce learnings, and begin open discussion of biases

3. We will do better

Video presentation and follow-up discussion guide regarding levels of participation in advancing equity: Includer, Disruptor, Catalyst, Innovator, Advocate Ally. Discussion guide and individual worksheets on which participants identify their current role, and their aspirational role

4. A call to action

We direct learners to an online inspirational keynote address by a renowned keynote speaker who motivates and recommends specific actions to acknowledge and confront our own biases. We provide team and individual worksheets for planning individual and group actions, as well as a facilitation guide

5. Uncomfortable Conversations

Our video introduces the ground rules and preconditions for having robust inquiry into where bias exists within the organization and the way the organization serves its consumers. Learners come away knowing how to raise challenges and opportunities, respond non-defensively, and keep the focus on improving. A separate training for people leaders teaches the basics of facilitating these discussions

6. Continuous improvement

Our tracking tool enhances the team's ability to identify, make and implement recommendations to improve equity, measure their success, and report out their quality and financial impacts. We are available to consult with senior leadership regarding continuing to communicate about the Equity initiatives and their impacts