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WMC Earns LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Top Performer Recognition
Westchester Medical Center was one of less than 200 centers to receive national Top Performer recognition from the Human Rights Campaign.
VALHALLA, N.Y. (October, 2020) – For the second consecutive year, Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) has received LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Top Performer status in the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2020 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).
According to HRC, more than 750 healthcare facilities actively participated in the 2020 HEI benchmark survey that “evaluates healthcare facilities' policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees.” Westchester Medical Center was one of less than 200 centers to receive national Top Performer recognition from the HRC*.
Facilities participating in the survey are assessed using a 100-point rating system covering non-discrimination and staff training; patient services and support; employee benefits and policies; and patient and community engagement.
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“We are honored to be named a Top Performer once again by the HRC for all that we do to create welcoming and inclusive environments for our LGBTQ patients, community members, and workforce,” said Mecca Mitchell, Senior Vice President, Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement. “We will continue partnering with LGBTQ organizations throughout the Hudson Valley region to ensure we are being responsive to the needs of the diverse communities we serve.”
About Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network
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Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York’s Hudson Valley region. The flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, this 415-bed academic hospital located in Valhalla, New York, provides local residents with acute care services – Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants and advanced neurovascular procedures and more - found nowhere else in the region. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other hospitals in the Hudson Valley and serves as a lifeline for more than 2.4 million people. To learn more about Westchester Medical Center and the vital services it provides to residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond, visit WestchesterMedicalCenter.org or follow Westchester Medical Center at Facebook.com/WestchesterMedicalCenter or Twitter.com/WestchesterMed.
About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.
*According to Healthcare Quality Index 2020 Executive Summary
