Hospitals, Language, and Culture Free Webinar
Hospitals, Language, and Culture Free Webinar http://www.massgeneral.org/disparitiessolutions/The Massachusetts General Hospital Disparities Solutions Center is opening it’s year- long web seminar series, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with a session on Hospitals, Language and Culture. The 90-minute, interactive, web-based seminars are free and open to the public. The first is on Friday, June 29, from 3-4:30 PM EST, entitled “Hospitals, Language, and Culture: A Discussion of the Joint Commission’s Survey of Culturally Competent Practices” with Paul Schyve, MD, Senior Vice President at the Joint Commission, and Amy Wilson-Stronks, MPP, CPHQ, Associate Project Director in the Division of Standards and Survey Methods at the Joint Commission. This three year, cross-sectional qualitative study, funded by the California Endowment explores how 60 hospitals across the country have adapted their systems to provide health care to culturally and linguistically diverse patient populations. Dr. Schyve and Ms. Wilson-Stronks will discuss the report findings on the challenges these hospitals face and how they address them. To register for this web seminar, please click or cut and paste the following link: http://www.massgeneral.org/disparitiessolutions/web.html
The Disparities Solutions Center is committed to disseminating the latest information on disparities interventions, findings from important disparities research and health policy updates regarding disparities reduction efforts. In order to disseminate this information to the broadest possible audience in a stimulating and interactive manner, the DSC will host several web seminars each year. These calls will feature informative presentations from experts in the field; context, perspectives and opinions from key healthcare stakeholders; and opportunity for discussion from all participants.
Slides and audio downloads of earlier webinars are available, too, as well be the audio and video of this next offering.
