This is a defining moment for health and health care in the United States, and medical
schools and teaching hospitals have a critical role to play. The combined forces of health …

Five years ago, in a previous Academic Medicine Commentary, the author asserted that the
move toward health reform and a more equitable health system required a transformation of …

Today, most agree that the health care system in the United States is in need of reform and
that existing health disparities have huge implications for both that system and society as a …

Abstract The Medical University of South Carolina launched a systematic plan to infuse
diversity among its students, resident physicians, and faculty in 2002. The dean and …

A growing body of research illustrates the importance of aligning efforts across the
operational continuum to achieve diversity goals. This alignment begins with the institutional …

Background Diversity and inclusion are terms that have been used widely in a variety of
contexts, but these concepts have only been intertwined into the discussion in healthcare in …

While the number of positions, committees, and projects described as “Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion (DEI)” work has grown rapidly in recent years, there has been little attention to the …

Newspaper headlines underscore the challenges that the health professions face in this
period of dramatic change in the American health care enterprise: critical shortages of …

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion That Matter Academic medical institutions' idea of addressing
institutional and systemic racism often begins and ends with naming a diversity-equity …

While much progress has been made to diversify the medical workforce in regard to gender,
there is a long way to go with regard to race and ethnicity. The author emphasizes that …