A Legacy of Commitment

More than 17 years ago, Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) formally acknowledged its commitment to diversity by establishing a diversity committee. Since then, we’ve made diversity education a long-term strategy that is integral to our organization’s mission, vision, and values.

2007

• Developed Supplier Diversity Policy and established baseline and goals for supplier diversity initiative

2006

• Implemented standardized means to collect race of our patients to measure quality of care

2005

• Included diversity in manager job descriptions as a line item of accountability
• Developed Cultural Communications Guide

2004

• Diversity initiatives and profiles added to MVH website and internal intranet site

2003

• Added sexual orientation to non-discrimination policy
• Documents translated into Spanish
• Employees participate in Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations model
• 1,500 employees attend first Diversity Fair

2002

• Distributed first monthly diversity calendar to employees
   

2001

• Culturally sensitive patient care items added to admission kits
• Developed Minority Internship Program
• Implemented a diversity hiring policy
  

2000

• Began measuring patient satisfaction by race and gender
• Diversity/patient satisfaction integrated into new employee orientation
• Harassment policy developed

1999

• Directors finish first diversity plans
• Every employee participates in mandatory education
• Minority churches are visited for recruitment efforts

1998

• Diversity manager hired

1997

• Dimension of diversity added to Organizational Practices survey

1992

• First Minority Nursing Scholarship awarded

1990

• Diversity committee is formed