Question

how would a health care executives might implement strategies to enhance workforce diversity in a health care organizations.

Answer 1

The strategies for diversifying workforce in health care are as follows:
1. Know the work area and workforce
• Collect demographic data
• Collect race, ethnicity and language data of population and workforce
• Translate information accordingly
2. Recruitment
• Start early intervention
• Implement recruitment campaigns
• Make partnership with other health professions
• Create innovative marketing materials
• Give equal employment opportunities
• Establish alternative recruitment criteria
3. Retention
• Create flexible schedules
• Offer personal and professional development programmes
• Provide social support networks
• Offer supervision and mentorship
4. Career development and advancement
• Establish career development agreements
• Provide opportunities and reimbursement for work study programs
• Market organization’s development strategy
5. Policies and procedures
• Analyse by assessing the organization's current policies and practices
• Develop a plan
• Seek for senior management
• Establish a diversity structure
• Create an accountability system
• Create partnership with other health care sectors