The University of Toledo Medical Center has again been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for providing LGBTQ+ inclusive patient care.<\/p>\n
In the foundation\u2019s 2024 Healthcare Equality Index, released Tuesday, UTMC was named an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer.<\/p>\n
UTMC was the only hospital in northwest Ohio to receive the designation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are honored UTMC received this award recognizing our commitment to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment that promotes wellness and healing,\u201d said UTMC CEO Rick Swaine.<\/p>\n
Launched in 2007, the Healthcare Equality Index has become the nation\u2019s leading national benchmarking tool for LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and best practices in healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n
The Healthcare Equality Index evaluates and scores healthcare facilities for their foundational policies and training in LGBTQA+ patient-centered care, LGBTQA+ patient services and support, employee policies and benefits and patient and community engagement.<\/p>\n
The 2024 report, which is based on data collected in 2022 and 2023, included nearly 1,100 participants. Of those facilities, 462 received a high performer designation.<\/p>\n
In addition to being a valuable tool and resource for healthcare facilities, the Health Equality Index is used by LGBTQ+ patients and their loved ones to find facilities that provide equitable and inclusive care.<\/p>\n
UTMC has been recognized in every Healthcare Equality Index survey since 2012.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The hospital was named a LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation\u2019s 2024 Healthcare Equality Index.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,73,1,7,63],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86546,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86544\/revisions\/86546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}