‘Tolerance should not be the norm’: Prioritizing diversity efforts in health care practice

ARLINGTON, Va. — Incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion into health care practice benefits both patients and employees through improved communication, efficiency, education and care, according to a presenter at GI Outlook.“Diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, is a term that we frequently hear and is used to describe policies and programs that promote the representation and participation of different groups of individuals,” Victoria Gómez, MD, FASGE, associate professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, said. “That’s great, but whatRead More