Subcommittees

Education and Awareness

Members

Charge: Develop plans to educate/raise awareness among the entire MGH community of disparities and the factors that contribute to disparities

Projects and accomplishments:

1. Awareness: Create comprehensive communication strategy ( posters, e-mail, Web sites, etc.); publish at least two articles in hospital publications per year
   
   
• The MGH Hotline is a weekly newsletter for staff, employees, volunteers, visitors and friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital. The initial hotline article which featured MGH disparities efforts was on March 5, 2004. Several Hotline articles followed.

  http://www.massgeneral.org/DEPTS/pubaffairs/
  Issues/030504disparity.htm (March 5, 2004)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/DEPTS/pubaffairs/
  Issues/051404disparities.htm (May 14, 2004)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2005/072905disparities.htm (July 29, 2005)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2006/041406disparities.htm (April 14, 2006)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2006/092206Banner.htm (September 22, 2006)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2006/120806dashboard.htm (December 8, 2006)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2007/012607MLK.htm (January 26, 2007)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2007/020907service.htm (February 9, 2007)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2007/060107disparities.htm (June 1, 2007)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2007/060107b3c.htm (June 1, 2007)

  http://www.massgeneral.org/pubaffairs/
  Issues2007/062907disparities.htm (June 29, 2007)

• The Fruit Street Physician publication was on April 2004. Vol. 13. No. 4

  Fruit Street Physician (.pdf)

• Posters:
  • To download these posters, please click on the links below:
    • Bridge the Gap
    • Quality of Care for All


2. Continuing Education: At least 4 presentations atgrand rounds and leadership meetings per year; annual event with national speaker
   
   

   The first annual conference on disparities was held on Thursday, May 6, 2004.
   The conference: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: The Past, Present, and Future was presented by W. Michael Byrd, MD Instructor/Senior Research Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health and Martha H. Hill, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean, Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing in O'Keeffe Auditorium.

   Dr. Hill's Presentation (.pdf)

   From left: Jeanette Ives Erickson, RN, MS, senior vice president for Patient Care Services and chief nurse; Winfred Williams, MD, director of theMulticultural Affairs Office; Martha H. Hill, PhD, RN, FAAN; W. Michael Byrd, MD; Linda Clayton; Joan Quinlan,MPA, director of the Community Benefit Program; and Brian French, RN, of MGH Patient Care Services.

   
   

   The following conference was held on June 27th, 2005.
   The conference: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: 
   A Patient’s Experience with Renal Transplantation, featured a viewing of the documentary "Worlds Apart" with comments by Robert Phillips, kidney transplant recipient, who is featured in this film followed by a panel discussion with Win Williams, MD, Director, Interventional Nephrology, Transplant Unit and Director, MGH Multicultural Affairs Office and Angelleen Peters-Lewis, RN, PhD (c) Nurse Manager, MGH GI Endoscopy Unit.

3. Orientation - Include slides about disparities in orientation for all professions. The issue of disparities in health and healthcare will be mentioned during new employee orientations.
   • Please click here to view these slides.

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