Benchmark-Addressing Diversity

Addressing Diversity
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Abstract
Diversity plays a role in enhancing patient care and overall health quality in an institution. For an institution to effectively address challenges in a diverse environment, strategies involving digital inclusivity and equality must be implemented. Furthermore, such strategies must adhere to national laws and policies to address inequalities in place by the government. Thus, the organization's goals must be flexible enough to address concerns on discrimination, thus ensuring that all patients and employees have an enabling environment, thus promoting diversity.
Keywords: Diversity, digital inclusivity, equality, organization goals
Addressing Diversity
Introduction
Diversity programs ensure that all people get equal opportunities with a focus on creating enabling environments for minority groups to prosper. In healthcare, diversity plays a vital role in creating an environment where both patients and workers can interact without any form of discrimination. Therefore, improving patient-centered care ensures that the level of satisfaction can be improved, thus improving overall health care in the institution.
Implementing digital equality in an environment of diversity
With an increase in digital innovation used in healthcare settings, they can be leveraged to improve institutions' diversity. Thus, healthcare organizations must identify disparities, after which appropriate measures can be put in place to address them. To create diverse environments in healthcare, an institution must implement digital inclusivity strategies geared towards change by addressing the following factors:
National Health Goals
National health goals provide targets to be achieved over particular periods in a country, hence must be met to ensure that programs implemented by the government have worked effectively. Therefore, by including these goals in developing diversity programs, health institutions can improve citizens' overall well-being (Sinha & Schryer-Roy, 2018). Communities living in underprivileged regions can further be able to access affordable health care through government interventions that offer health benefits.
Furthermore, the distribution of health resources can be further improved with more funds set aside to deal with overarching health conditions affecting the country. In this case, this can be possible through the involvement of all stakeholders in the development of policies that concern them (McGowan, Kramer, & Teitelbaum, 2019). Leveraging on technology to reach a broader audience ensures that all interested parties can contribute to the discussion, thus ensuring that any strategies respond to any challenges touching on diversity. An institution can, therefore, adopt measures that have involved all groups in the community in its creation. Furthermore, by adhering to government standards and programs in healthcare, more people can access quality healthcare through such programs available in health care settings.
Socioeconomic pressures
Socioeconomic disparities play a significant role in creating inequalities in the healthcare industry. With a considerable section of the population unable to afford quality health care, go...