Here are 86 top diversity, equity and inclusion officers. Profiles include biographical information and details on each officer s accomplishments and areas of expertise. It also provides insight into the structure and culture of healthcare organizations.
Problems rarely fix themselves. That s why Dr. Creshelle Nash, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield s medical director for health equity and public programs, says organizations must approach improving health equity internally and within their communities with purpose, integrating a health equity framework into their ways of doing business.
City Year Little Rock is matching a baker s dozen young women, age 18-24, emerging into the workforce with experienced female mentors in a new program called the Women s Leadership Council.
If health is impacted in part by social circumstances, then Northwest Arkansas needs a health workforce that reflects that reality, regional health leaders said at the NWA Health Summit on Friday.