title: The diversity factor. Is your hospital doing all it can do to address its various patient populations?
abstract: What are the barriers to culturally competent health care? How can you collect data to help overcome disparities? How do four hospitals set the standard for meeting this imperative?
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Runy
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003625:Data Collection; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013192:Staff Development; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology