Diversity and Health Equity Initiatives
(Re)Building Trust and Belonging with Communities
- Center trust and belonging in all patient and community-facing efforts
- Design tools like the Genetic Health Directory with a patient-first approach
- Promote integrity, respect, and autonomy across diverse populations
- Build capacity to reduce and eliminate genetic health inequities
- Advance equitable access to precision health for underserved communities
Eliminating Barriers to Access and Care Delivery
- Remove barriers to genetic testing, screening, and counseling services
- Offer curated, culturally-conscious education and support tools
- Enable patient-centered care to promote individual choice and culture
- Ensure equitable access for BIPOC patients across genetic health practice areas
- Align care delivery with the evolving demographics of America
Fostering Patient and Provider Engagement
- Empower patients to access diverse, expert-led genetic healthcare
- Promote unbiased, collaborative care between patients and providers
- Improve patient outcomes and satisfaction through trusted relationships
- Support personalized care that respects ethnicity, race, and other lived factors
- Strengthen engagement across diverse patient-provider interactions
Promoting Patient Autonomy and Empowerment
- Center decision-making around patient needs, values, and preferences
- Ensure safe and informed access to genetic health services
- Increase meaningful engagement with genetic healthcare providers
- Support informed choices for optimal genetic health and wellness outcomes
- Improve quality of care, life, and equity for patients and families