Louisiana Healthcare Connections invests $1.5 million toward health equity

Date: 10/27/21

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Louisiana Healthcare Connections is partnering with higher education outlets across the state to fund a $1.5 million program to eliminate health disparities and create a more inclusive, representative healthcare system.

“Equity looks like, to me, that we both walk into the same clinic regardless of our race, color, or what have you, and we get the same treatment and we have the same wait times,” said CEO Jamie Schlottman.

The Equity in Health and Care initiative will implement coordinated strategies in partnership with Xavier University, Bossier Parish Community College and Delgado Community College. The initiative will focus on four major areas: equity in health outcomes, diversity and inclusion in the healthcare workforce, economic social determinants of health, and community health.

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