Blending organizational strategy with grassroots, large-scale engagement
Inequities in health outcomes have been well documented. From the report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (National Academy of Medicine, 2003) to the Healthy People 2010 report‘s emphasis on eliminating racial inequities, the healthcare industry has known that change must come. Unfortunately, it took the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority populations and 2020’s social unrest to highlight our nation’s complex, ongoing struggle with racial equity. The healthcare and pharmaceutical fields are responding to health and racial equity with an effort never seen before.
Over the last few years, we have curated partnerships and programming that allow us to work with organizations around the globe on their DEI and equity journeys. Whether you are looking for internal guidance or member-facing guidance, we offer an array of programming and analytics designed to jump-start or supercharge equity journeys.
The Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report is a long-term accountability tool to document progress toward achieving racial health equity. It provides for a baseline self-assessment and then an opportunity to measure progress, assess implementation of key strategies, understand provider and community assets in racial equity work, and identify areas of improvement. Thanks to a 2022 grant from the Commonwealth Fund, we are partnering with RUSH University Medical Center to disseminate the progress report and to help test and validate it on a national scale.
We are thrilled to engage a national audience in this health and racial equity improvement effort. Working together, our industry can dismantle systemic racism in a way that no individual organization can. The Progress Report, and the digital equity hub we’ve created to house it, highlight the important progress that organizations have already made as well as the work ahead.
We recently convened a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council at a leading pharmaceutical company to help them with the crafting of their internal DEI strategy for the next few years. Our process focused on hearing from existing members of the council on what they’ve experienced and having new members share their motivations on being part of the Council. We explored the current state over the course of a one day workshop and then started defining new roles & responsibilities moving into 2024. Alignment and operational aspects of Council were first and foremost. This session allowed us to get really concrete on identifying impact activities with identification of workstream action plans and KPIs to drive remainder of 2023 and inform the strategy of the next few years. The council walked out of the DEI workshop with a plan they could begin to validate and operationalize.
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