Equity Partnership
Equity in healthcare for all
As part of our commitment and shared promise to advance equity, these resources through the Equity Partnership are available to our clients free of charge.

Webinars
PG publications
External publications
DEI best practices
Policy & government actions
- Two years of equity: progress and what’s next [1:00:01]
- Addressing social needs through community outreach [59:39]
- Leveraging data across silos to bridge gaps in healthcare equity (This webinar was first presented to Scottsdale Institute members.) [58:30]
- Improving workforce culture and patient experiences for black women: A case study of Grady Health System’s mother-baby unit [1:00:08]
- Ending racism together: The strategy and tactics of progress [59:55]
- Making the case to address health equity [59:27]
- Introductory webinar to Press Ganey’s equity partnership [58:34]
- Advancing equity for patients, families, and team members through community outreach and education [59:53]
- How Mount Sinai Health System is building a foundation for health equity [52:05]
- Creating and sustaining an intentional strategy to support workforce equity, diversity, and inclusion [58:23]
- Advancing patient care through integrating a diversity, respect, equity and inclusion framework [55:46]
- DEI: 6 things you need to know about analyzing PX scores by race and ethnicity [56:37]
- DEI: Implications for safety and engagement [1:25:53]
- Integrating safety culture and DEI to elevate compassionate care for patients and workforce [56:06]
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion as the foundation [38:12]
- Addressing healthcare disparities [31:44]
Press Ganey publications and resources
- 3 ways equity impacts healthcare performance [Blog]
- How workforce perceptions of safety culture differ by race, ethnicity, and gender [Blog]
- What to know about using data to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion [Blog]
- DEI: 6 things you need to know about analyzing PX scores by race & ethnicity [Research brief]
- Why healthcare diversity and equity are central to employee retention [Blog]
- Breaking down silos to advance caregiver and patient outcomes [Blog]
- Diversity and inclusion – Building workforce engagement and improving outcomes in healthcare [Research brief]
- Vaccine hesitancy and acceptance – data segmentation helps address barriers [E-book]
- Diversity fundamentals workbook [Workbook]
- Improving Patient Experience for the LGBTQ+ Community* [Annotated bibliography]
- Improving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the Health Care Workforce* [Annotated bibliography]
- Race, Ethnicity, and Language* [Annotated bibliography]
- Integrating safety culture and DEI to deliver high-quality, compassionate patient care for all [Case study]
- The Mount Sinai Health System targets bias through diversity, equity, and inclusion training [Case study]
- Inspiring innovation – Meeting unique cultural & religious patient needs in a behavioral health setting [Case study]
- URMC taps advisory councils to close the equity gap for deaf and transgender patients [Case study]
External publications and resources
- How new health plan initiatives in equity could reshape patient care and experience [psqh.com]
- How improving DEI can boost member experience [Healthcare Business Today]
- The genderbread person [ItsPronouncedMetrosexual.com]
- Achieving zero inequity: lessons learned from patient safety [catalyst.nejm.org]
- Diversity and inclusiveness in health care leadership [catalyst.nejm.org]
- Advancing Safety and Equity Together* [nejm.org]
- Implicit biases, interprofessional communication, and power dynamics [UC Davis]
- AHA health equity resource series [aha.org]
- A data-driven approach to addressing racial disparities in health care outcomes [hbr.org]
- On the journey toward health equity: data, culture change, and the first step [catalyst.nejm.org]
- Opportunities for AMCs to accelerate the equitable health system of the future* [Manaat Health]
- What is health equity? [rwjf.org]
- Achieving health equity: A guide for health care organizations [ihi.org]
- Recognizing and managing bias in the ambulatory health care setting* [aha.org]
- Advancing effective communication, cultural competence, and patient- and family-centered care [jointcommission.org]
- An equity agenda for the field of health care quality improvement [nam.edu]
- A playbook for fostering hospital-community partnerships to build a culture of health [aha.org]
- Hidden in plain sight — reconsidering the use of race correction in clinical algorithms [nejm.org]
- Age-friendly health systems [ihi.org]
DEI best practices
- Demographic and evaluative Measures for Sex Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation [PDF]
- RWJBH: A framework for strategic change [RWJBarnabas Health]
- Sample anti-discrimination HR policy #2 [PDF]
- Sample anti-discrimination HR policy (Meritus) [PDF]
- Sample anti-discrimination HR policy #1 [PDF]
- Mount Sinai FAQ: common questions from staff & patients when collecting race/ethnicity data [PDF]
Policy and government actions
- White house blueprint for addressing the maternal health crisis [whitehouse.gov]
- Executive order on advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex individuals [whitehouse.gov]
- CMS framework for health equity [cms.gov]
- Health equity challenges and CMS resources to help address them [cms.gov]
- Fact sheet on FY 2023 hospital IPPS proposed rule_maternal health proposals [cms.gov]
- Fact sheet: Biden-Harris administration announce additional maternal health actions [whitehouse.gov]
- CMS strategic plan – health equity pillar [cms.gov]
- Paving the way to equity: A progress report [cms.gov]
- Executive order on advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities through the Federal Government [whitehouse.gov]
- Executive order on ensuring an equitable pandemic response and recovery [whitehouse.gov]
- Memorandum condemning and combating racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States [whitehouse.gov]