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Our
Commitment to Diversity |
Our mission is to ensure
a culture where respect, dignity, and accountability are
present in all Health Alliance pursuits. We will operate
under policies and practices that recognize the value and
contribution of every individual to achieve excellence in
patient care, associate satisfaction, and community relations.
Developing Workplace Diversity
At the Health Alliance, support for diversity begins with
our President and CEO Kenneth Hanover.
Diversity is managed by the director of diversity, along
with the support of the Alliance Culture and Diversity Task
Force and eight Diversity Advisory Councils representing
each hospital and service location. It is the goal of the
Health Alliance to create and maintain a diverse environment
where all associates can thrive, meeting and exceeding business
and personal objectives.
We understand that embracing the differences in values,
styles, and perspectives is essential to getting the best
performance from our associates. Effectively managing our
diversity increases our creativity, flexibility, productivity,
competitiveness, and associate satisfaction.
The Health Alliance is an equal opportunity employer, which
means that we strive to ensure equal access to workplace
opportunities for all individuals, without regard to any
dimension of their diversity, based on merit. Creating a
diverse workforce that is reflective on all levels of the
organization, of the demographics of our communities, and
the available, qualified candidate pool is a top priority
for the Health Alliance.
Managing our Diversity
Our approach to managing diversity mirrors that of any other
key business issue. It includes the development and implementation
of a strategic plan that sets goals for diversity, creates
specific strategies to attain the goals, and identifies
resources to measure their organizational impact.
Cornerstones of our diversity strategic plan include:
• Educate all associates about issues of diversity
to increase their
awareness and ability
to manage relationships with patients, customers,
and
co-workers.
• Integrate diversity into the policies
and practices of all areas of the
business.
• Develop accountability for the support of diversity
within all levels of the
organization.
• Support to the communities we serve through sponsorship
of or
participation in programs and events
that serve diverse groups.
Supplier Diversity
The Health Alliance constantly strives to increase its spending
with woman-owned, minority-owned, and small-business enterprises.
Through our annual sponsorship of the South Central Ohio
Minority Business Council, we support educational opportunities
to better position suppliers to do business with us and
other organizations. Through participation in regional trade
and opportunity fairs we are able to identify potential
vendors.
We also encourage the development of diverse suppliers within
healthcare by identifying supplier diversity as a priority
to our first-tier distributors and requesting reports on
their utilization and support of woman- and minority-owned
distributors and manufacturers. One of our greatest successes
to date is the partnership with the Greater Cincinnati Health
Council and other local health systems that resulted in
the creation of United Courier, a minority-owned enterprise
that now provides courier services to a number of local
health care systems.
Support for the Community
Serving our communities has always been a priority for the
Health Alliance. As the region’s largest provider
of health care services, we actively seek opportunities
to support members of our communities beyond the doors of
our hospitals. Each year we support a number of community
agencies through sponsorship or annual giving campaigns,
provide free health screenings and services at community-based
health fairs, and provide support to local schools through
the Partners in Education program.
Each summer the Health Alliance sponsors the health pavilion
at the Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion, a free, three-day
festival that provides information, health screenings, and
entertainment to members of the African American and all
communities. As co-sponsor of the 2001 health pavilion,
200 Health Alliance associates volunteered to provide health
screenings to 275 attendees and prostate screenings to 175
men. This represents our largest community-outreach activity,
and allows us to provide a vital service to the community
while providing a fun and unifying experience for our associates. |
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