University Name: Workforce Diversity in Healthcare Report

This report delves into the critical importance of workforce diversity within the healthcare sector. It highlights how diverse workforces can enhance the effectiveness of healthcare services by aligning with the varied backgrounds of the patient population. The report discusses strategies for healthcare executives to implement and promote workforce diversity, including developing inclusive hiring practices, providing diversity training, and engaging with community organizations. The conclusion emphasizes the benefits of a diversified workforce in addressing complex healthcare issues and improving overall patient care. The report uses references to support the discussion.

Running head: WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND HEALTHCARE
STEPS TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY
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Executive Summary
The report analyses the importance of workforce diversity in healthcare. It also helps in the
proper functioning of the workforce in judging and treating the ailments based on the mastery
of the individuals. It also emphasizes on the strategies in which the healthcare executives can
take steps to include workforce diversity in the healthcare units.

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................3
2 Discussion...............................................................................................................................3
3 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

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1 Introduction
Globalization has led to the diversification of ideas and culture from all parts of the
world, making it a complex process to improve the healthcare facilities.
Workforce diversity is a basic requirement in the healthcare facilities. Diversity in the
health care systems ensures the equity and enlarges the opportunities of making an excellence
in the field of healthcare (Mensah & Sommers, 2016).
The report emphasizes on the importance of diversity in the healthcare, and the ways
in which it represents the diversity of the national population and the steps that the health care
executives might undertake in order to enhance workforce diversity in healthcare.
2 Discussion
In the modern world, people engage in workforce from different backgrounds and
ethnic cultures and gender that affects the diversity of the workforce. Workforce diversity in
a healthcare unit is an important factor that helps in making it more effective (Walsh et al.,
2016).
The ways in which the healthcare executives might implement strategies in order to
make the workforce diversified is discussed below:
 Developing a hiring strategy that helps in resembling the workforce to the community
in which the operation is to be undertaken.
 Diversity training can also be provided in the workplace in order to make it
diversified.
 Consultation with the community organization also helps in making the workforce
more diversified.

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The above strategies help in making the workforce under a healthcare unit more diversified
and helps thus in making the workforce more effective.
3 Conclusion
Therefore, from the report, it can be concluded that undertaking the steps to make the
workforce more diversified helps in handling the complex issues in healthcare. Thus, it is an
important step to excel in the field of healthcare services.

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References
Mensah, M. O., & Sommers, B. D. (2016). The policy argument for healthcare workforce
diversity. Journal of general internal medicine, 31(11), 1369-1372.
Walsh, R. M., Jeyarajah, D. R., Matthews, J. B., Telem, D., Hawn, M. T., Michelassi, F., &
Reid-Lomardo, K. M. (2016). White Paper: SSAT Commitment to Workforce
Diversity and Healthcare Disparities. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 20(5), 879-
884.