The Connecticut Hospital Association has released a progress report on its diversity efforts for hospitals, but the leader of the state’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is displeased, according to an article in the Daily Reporter.
CHA, which represents 29 of the state’s 30 hospitals, released a report that outlines initiatives to help minority businesses win vendor contracts with hospitals, improve healthcare outreach to minority communities and share ideas for increasing the number of minorities in senior management.
Scot X. Esdaile, the president of Connecticut’s NAACP, said CHA doesn’t have an accurate understanding of the current state of diversity. He has sought help from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office to urge CHA hospitals to release individual data on current diversity practices. Mr. Esdaile has also requested member hospitals complete a survey. So far, only one hospital — state-owned University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington — has completed the form.
Mr. Esdaile called the lack of participation by CHA hospitals “absurd” and said “[it’s] arrogant, and it’s proof to their lack of commitment to diversity and corporate responsibility,” according to the report.
Read the Daily Reporter article on Connecticut hospitals and diversity.
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