Come join us for an empowering and inspiring conference focused on valuing diversity in healthcare and reducing healthcare disparities.

Conference attendees will have the opportunity to:

• Explore revised and existing accreditation standards and related regulatory supports for Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-and Family-centered care
• Engage in discussion about current practices and opportunities for improvement
• Explore evidence for disparities in health and health care
• Learn how to move from "evidence to action" on diversity and cultural competence in your own organization
• Discuss how to conduct diversity workforce assessments, language access audits, cultural competence organizational assessments, and physician cultural competence assessments
• Gain tips to manage conflict effectively across racial, cultural and ethnic differences
• Explore root causes
• Examine key drivers that are moving the field forward
• Examine examples of activities that are being carried out to improve quality and achieve equity
• Define a framework and roadmap for reducing disparities in health care
• Review the evidence for what interventions can reduce disparities in health care
• Describe integrated health care and community approaches for reducing disparities
• Examine background information on the connection between various communication vulnerabilities and the safety and quality of care
• Envision a shared understanding of practices that can support effective patient-provider communication;
• Identify impending challenges facing academic medicine
• Describe the evolution of the Diversity mindset in academic medicine
• Discuss the rationale for using Diversity as a means to excellence in academic institutions