2010 HR Annual Report - Intermountain Healthcare

2010 HR Annual ReportIntermountain Medical CenterCreates Diversity CouncilHuman Resources and Administration worked togetherat Intermountain Medical Center to create the DiversityCouncil. Barbara Ohm, UCR Operations Officer chairsthe council with support from David Grauer, CEO forIntermountain Medical Center.Key departments from across the hospital arerepresented, including:• Physicians• Board Members• Nurse Administrators• Environmental Services• Public Relations• Education• Employee Advisory Committee• Interpretations• Community Representation• Recruiting• Social Work• Murray Mayor’s Office• NursingDuring 2010 an assessment tool from the American HospitalAssociation was used to determine what actions were already beingtaken to promote diversity and where we could improve our efforts.The Council engaged in accumulating all the information aboutefforts in different areas that were already happening, and looked ataffirmative action data. The council then created five areas of effortfor 2011 with subcommittees assigned to work on these areas.“We realized that asone of our goals, wewanted better patientcare outcomes andcommunity inclusion.”17