An important measure of success for healthcare institutions is how well they recruit, develop, and value a diverse workforce that mirrors the communities they serve.  From physicians and nurses to therapists and administrative staff, inclusive excellence matters. Today we are going to define inclusive excellence, discuss many aspects of the diverse healthcare workforce, and how we encourage our facilities to move towards developing providers and staff that resemble their patients.

Welcome to Charting Pediatrics LIVE at PAS.  

Today, we have a very special guest joining us on Charting Pediatrics. Please help me give a warm welcome to O.N. Ray Bignall II. Ray joins us from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio where he is the Assistant Chief Diversity and Health Equity Officer and the Director of Kidney Health Advocacy and Community Engagement for the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. He is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University college of Medicine.