As a healthcare leader, you play a crucial role in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within your organization and the communities it serves. The DEI Playbook is designed to provide you and your organization with valuable strategies and tools for continuing to foster impactful, sustainable progress on DEI initiatives. Organizations that embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion as a business imperative will thrive.

C-Suite leaders specifically responsible for driving health equity, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion have seen their roles evolve dramatically. DEI leaders focus on a myriad of business priorities beyond EEOC compliance. They have become discerning business partners in shaping culture, driving employee retention, and improving business and clinical outcomes.

Supporting this paradigm shift, this DEI Playbook is a powerful tool designed to provide you and your organization with best practices from healthcare industry trailblazers. It offers tangible business strategies and tools to accelerate your organization’s impact, accountability, and alignment, ensuring the achievement of your business goals and sustainable growth.

Topics include:

• Climate Assessments
• Developing a Leadership Narrative
• Economic & Health Equity
• Driving Community Engagement
• Establishing Employee Resource Groups
• Cultivating a Diversity Pipeline
• Sample Position Definitions for Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion C-Suite Roles

The impact of health inequity and lack of access to quality healthcare can have dire, life-or-death repercussions. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the devastating consequences of health inequity, emphasizing the urgent need for meaningful action to address long-standing disparities while incorporating organizational accountability for embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the healthcare ecosystem.

It is important to note that the DEI Playbook is not meant to replace any guidance or training provided by your organization. Instead, it serves as a valuable and complementary resource to support those leading and sponsoring DEI initiatives in the healthcare industry. From aspiring leaders to tenured executives or board members, this playbook will help guide you on your DEI journey.

We are thrilled to continue this transformative journey together and look forward to the positive impact we can make on the healthcare industry!

* Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the following articles are solely those of the contributors and not necessarily those of their respective organizations or The Companies of MPI.