How does a health care system ensure the population it serves gets the care it needs? The intentions of cultural competency may begin with wanting to deliver trauma-informed care to diverse ...

Jacqueline Fletcher wanted a primary care practitioner who took the time to listen to her, hear her, make her feel safe. She wanted someone who understood her ongoing life experience as a Black woman.

The intersection of patient satisfaction and quality of care is central to healthcare today, and a provider’s level of cultural competence can significantly impact his/her performance in both areas.

A virtual care company is looking to distinguish itself in a crowded market by rolling out concierge services for communities that face high levels of discrimination in healthcare. Months after care ...

The following is an example of the people whom our organization strives to help every day. Ms. Santos got off the bus after working a 14-hour day as a housekeeper, when she noticed an unbearable pain ...

According to a commentary posted in Harvard Business Review, hospitals can boost outcomes and patient engagement through improved cultural competency, that is, the ability to successfully relate to ...

Training in cultural competence aims to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to deliver effective care across diverse sociocultural contexts. It ...

Two (2) female medical students are working together on a group assignment. They are writing their notes on a laptop and sitting at a desk in a training laboratory. They are both wearing scrubs. The ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health Net, in partnership with Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC), announced today the launch of a seven-part cultural competency education series for providers ...

Violet, a platform that provides cultural competency training for clinicians, has raised $4.1 million in seed funding, it announced last week. The latest round brings the company’s total raised to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black individuals in the United States face substantial obstacles to receiving the best mental health care.