Stanford Health Care earns perfect score from LGBTQ rights organization
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, an advocacy organization for gender and sexual minorities, gives high marks to Stanford Health Care for its equitable treatment of patients and employees.
The Healthcare Equality Index has given Stanford Health Care a perfect score for its LGBTQ policies and practices.
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For the fifth consecutive year, the Healthcare Equality Index has issued Stanford Health Care a perfect score for its LGBTQ policies and practices.
The index is released annually by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, a national organization that advocates for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer individuals. Health care organizations that receive a perfect score are designated LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leaders. Stanford Children’s Health earned this designation for the first time this year.
“Being a Healthcare Equality Index leader is a great honor,” said Leslee Subak, MD, director of Stanford Health Care’s LGBTQ+ Health Program and chair of obstetrics and gynecology. “It reflects our commitment to promoting outstanding, equal and inclusive care for the LGBTQ+ community.” Subak is also the Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor.
The Healthcare Equality Index evaluates health care organizations’ support of LGBTQ patients, staff and community members. For example, it looks at an organization’s patient visitation policy, whether it has a plan to reduce health disparities among LGBTQ patients, and whether benefits apply to same-sex partners of employees.
Stanford Health Care has initiated a number of programs and policies to support members of the LGBTQ community. Its LGBTQ+ Health Program in Los Altos, California, offers care specifically geared toward gender and sexual minorities. Stanford Medicine’s Pride and Allies Employee Resource Group provides resources and advocacy LGBTQ employees. And two Stanford Medicine professors are running the PRIDE study, a long-term look at the health needs and health disparities of sexual and gender minorities.
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By Mandy EricksonMandy Erickson is associate editor in the Office of Communications. Email her at merickso@stanford.edu.
Stanford Medicine integrates research, medical education and health care at its three institutions - Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care (formerly Stanford Hospital & Clinics), and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. For more information, please visit the Office of Communication & Public Affairs site at http://mednews.stanford.edu.
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