Vincent C. Gray Health Equity Award Call for Nominations
DCHA believes that to achieve health equity we must understand the challenges, aspirations, barriers, and realities of the community. To share the example of innovative approaches to equity and shine a light on leaders across the District of Columbia, DCHA created the Vincent C. Gray Health Equity Award. DCHA recognizes the importance of health equity and is working with its member hospitals to ensure that disparities in health care quality and access are eliminated. The award is to honor and recognize individuals and organizations who are making health equity a reality in their community and leveraging engagement to improve health outcomes for those most impacted by health disparities. The award will go to an individual or organization that can demonstrate they have contributed to reducing disparities in health care quality. Nominations are due October 7, 2024. Awardees will be honored at DCHA’s Health Care & Innovation Summit on October 30.
Award Criteria:
- Individuals/organizations must show demonstrated success in changing systems that impact health outcomes in one or more of the following areas: access to quality care, health disparities, equity, diversity, inclusion.
- Efforts must be targeted to improve outcomes for vulnerable groups most affected by health disparities (racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities).
- Successful implementation of a systems change approach to reduce health disparities within the past five years.
- Illustrate measured improvement in health equity or reduction or elimination of disparities in health that adversely affect vulnerable populations.
- Ability to show others how to reduce disparities in quality, access, and outcomes.
