NEWS AND EVENTS

Winter 2009 Bridges Released

The Institute for Diversity is pleased to present the latest issue of Bridges. Click HERE to access it directly.

2009 Summer Enrichment Program

New and returning users, please click HERE to access or create your online SEP profile.

Promote diversity in health care leadership by hosting an intern from the Summer Enrichment Program (SEP).  The Institute is looking for health care facilities and preceptors to create opportunities for additional students to participate in this 10-12 week on site internship.  Please contact Pam Janniere, Educational Programs Consultant, at pjanniere@aha.org or (312) 422-2658 to learn more about the SEP.  Student applications for the 2009 SEP are being accepted online until 4:00 p.m. CST, April 17, 2009.  Tomorrow’s leaders need our help today!

Special Teleconference: The State of Health Care Diversity and Disparities: A Benchmark Study of U.S. Hospitals

The Institute held a special teleconference to update the field on its Benchmark study of U.S. Hospitals. The teleconference featured Institute President and CEO Fred Hobby, along with HR Solutions Administrator Cheryl Einwalter and Project Manager Edward Martinez.Listen to a recording of the conference by clicking HERE

2009 Scholarships online application is now available!

Applications for scholarships to be awarded in the spring of 2009 are being accepted online until 4:00 p.m. CST, December 12, 2008.  Click here to access the online application.  To watch a brief video about the Diversified Investment Advisors Leaders in Healthcare Scholarship, click here.

The 2009 AHA Environmental Scan Webcast is Now Available

The environmental scan is the foundation of the AHA's three-year strategic plan.  From it, planning assumptions are developed, against which the AHA tests its strategic framework -- vision, mission, values and goals.  Hear AHA President and CEO, Rich Umbdenstock, and Vice President of Strategic & Business Planning, Gene O'Dell, discuss critical issues and emerging trends that have the highest probability of impacting the health care field - and hospital leaders - in the foreseeable future.

ASHHRA's Thought Leader Forum on Quality, Safety

The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources, an AHA professional membership group, recently issued a summary of findings from its Thought Leader Forum in July on “The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety.”  The summary and a transcript and video podcast of the forum, the first of its kind, are available on the ASHHRA Web site.

The Institute for Diversity's 2008 National Leadership and Educational Conference was a resounding success!

Hundreds of health care leaders gathered for learning, discussion, and networking.
We are currently in the process of creating an online Conference Resource Center, which will not only provide access to speakers' materials and conference video, but will also serve as a tool for continued education and interaction on the issues that affect all of us as compassionate health care professionals.

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