RHELAN 2023
During 2023, hospitals convened in person to build connection and collaborate on shared goals.
- Networking Lunch—DEI hospital professionals met to share and discuss challenges—and solutions—encountered to advancing health equity at the point of patient contact. This meet-and-greet luncheon provided the opportunity to network and share with like-minded colleagues.
- Kickoff—Participants learned how design thinking tools can be used to develop hospital-oriented solutions to address health-related social needs. Hospital leaders heard from CMS, Pennsylvania DHS, and Independence Blue Cross leadership about each payors’ ongoing commitment to advance health equity and their efforts to incentivize and enable equitable outcomes through performance measurement and payment design.
- Health Equity Action Day (HEAD)—Hospitals explored the intersections of health equity, patient safety, and quality improvement via an intensive, in person, all-day, hands-on experience in which hospitals applied human-centered design principles to develop actionable plans to promote equitable care delivery.
- Virtual Sharing and Learning Session—The session focused on lessons learned from HEAD, equity opportunities on the horizon, and a chance to hear from participants currently engaged in their journey to implement next steps and action plans developed at the workshop.
RHELAN 2022
HAP partnered with the AHA to maximize the number of Pennsylvania hospitals that engage in the Equity Roadmap and complete the Health Equity Transformation Assessment (HETA). The HETA tool is the first step—a self-assessment to assist hospitals in furthering their individual journeys toward health equity transformation.
The HETA recommends that hospitals address “Six Levers of Transformation” on which to focus improvement efforts.
Copyright AHA. The Health Equity Transformation Assessment: The Six Levers of Transformation. Permission granted by AHA for HAP's use.