title: Healthcare's minority report. Sullivan Commission, IOM try to make patient, hospital staff makeup more reflective of the nation's ever-changing population.
abstract: Properly caring for patients in a nation with changing demographics means the healthcare workforce needs more diversity, according to a new report from a commission led by former HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan, left. Among the recommendations are boosting minority scholarships for health and medical education.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education*; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States