Modern Healthcare magazine has recognized SSM Health as one of its Diversity Leaders for 2024. This award honors healthcare organizations that are advancing equity and inclusion within their organizations and the broader industry.
The magazine commended SSM Health for its efforts to enhance workforce diversity and health equity. These initiatives include building inclusive talent partnerships, creating more opportunities for employees to join diversity councils and business resource groups, increasing spending with diverse suppliers, and working with healthcare providers and community partners to address local healthcare gaps, especially in diverse and multicultural communities.
Mary Ellen Podmolik, editor in chief at Modern Healthcare, noted, “The organizations honored set an example, from their leadership ranks to their programming efforts, of the results that can be achieved across a workplace.”