Membership Benefits
"The Institute has provided critical resources, partnerships and support to help us launch and advance the CHA Diversity Collaborative. It has given us access to thought leaders who have offered valuable insight through the process. We have had the opportunity to participate in informative webinars, and attend and present at conferences. The Institute has offered our members greater opportunities to explore ways to increase the number of hospital trustees that reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. In addition, CHA and two member hospitals participated in the Institutes's Summer Enrichment Program, benefitting from diverse high-level public health and health management interns who are future health care leaders and excellent candidates to join leadership teams."
Jennifer Jackson
President and CEO
Connecticut Hospital Association
Help Us Help You: Become an Institute Member
As an IFD Institutional Member, you can:
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Develop and implement a successful strategic plan to manage diversity.
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Tap into a pool of diverse management talent.
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Develop a network of colleagues tackling the issues of managing diversity.
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Formally affiliate with a progressive organization to meet your organization's diversity goals.
Benefits of an IFD institutional membership include:
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Benchmarking Survey - The Benchmarking Survey for U.S. Hospitals - members were notified first for participation in the 2011- 2012 survey. Priority access is provided to information, case studies and individual reports related to the survey and subsequent survey results.
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Learning Moments -a series of Case Studies designed to provide members with strong examples of diversity management, cultural and linguistic competence in health care.
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Diversity Dialogues - our popular series of free educational webinars featuring nationally and renowned speakers on topics of pressing concern in health care. (Diversity Dialogues are normally $99 per session for non-members).
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One-on-One Advisory Services - technical, one-on-one assistance is offered at a discounted rate on strategic planning, language assistance programs, best practices and other diversity management and cultural competency-related subjects. This service is available exclusively to Institute members.
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Unlimited Career Center Usage - the Institute's online job and resume database links health care employers and diverse job candidates. Members may post unlimited positions, an unlimited number of times. Assistance with some executive searches is provided.
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National Leadership and Education Conference - our biennial conference brings together health care leaders and diversity practitioners to tap into state-of-the art thinking on diversity management. Members enjoy discounts of up to $145 off each conference registration. The 2013 year includes Symposiums, which are abbreviated versions of the conference.
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Minority Trustee Candidate Registry - our online database contains information for hundreds of qualified individuals from various racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. This database is the only one of it's kind for diversified trustee candidates. As a member, we can suggest potential candidates based on your requests.
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American Leadership Council for Diversity - opportunity to become a member of the Institute's advisory council , which brings the most advanced diversity practitioners from around the country in health care together to develop standards of practice and share information about new initiatives.
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Summer Enrichment Program - this popular program connects you with minority MHA grads from schools in your area, to complete a 10 week internship within your hospital or medical center. Many of our membership hospitals use this program as their pipeline for meeting and recruiting bright, young minority staff. As an Institute member, you receive a reduced rate on administration fees.
- Opportunities to network with like-minded health care professionals, as well as with leaders and pioneers in health care diversity; and much, much more.
Click here to apply for membership at The Institute today!
Please note that although the Institute is an affiliate of the American Hospital Association(AHA), membership with AHA does not automatically include membership with the Institute.
Updated: May 7, 2013