Center for Health Equity & Wellness

The MultiCare Center for Health Equity and Wellness strives to promote health equity, eliminate health disparities and improve the well-being of the Pacific Northwest through ongoing, data-driven initiatives and partnerships.

Our community is diverse, and many of our patients face a variety of challenges that make living a healthy, thriving life difficult. The Center for Health Equity and Wellness was established to understand those unique obstacles and partner with our community to find solutions.

This work starts within our walls by:

• Embedding diversity and inclusion principles into our policies and practices systemwide
• Providing our staff with culturally informed education and resources focused on self-awareness, implicit bias and steps to building an anti-racist culture
• Ensuring access to interpreter services 24/7
• Conducting community health needs assessments to better identify and address our patients’ and communities’ health and health-related social needs
• Exploring strategies to increase employee diversity

In partnership with our community, we’re also:

• Developing and strengthening partnerships with underrepresented communities and organizations to achieve impactful outcomes
• Providing resources focused on sports nutrition, weight management and tobacco cessation
• Bringing free and accessible health screenings and educational opportunities to our community members
• Collaborating with community-based participatory research to advance equitable research

Health equity means that all people receive high-quality, compassionate care based on their needs regardless of race, ethnicity, disability status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and other factors. MultiCare is committed to providing this quality care in an environment free from discrimination and bias.

To achieve this, we must better understand our patients and what drives their well-being and care needs. We strive to be culturally proficient through continuous staff education and steps toward inclusivity by collecting SOGI-P (sexual orientation, gender identity and pronouns) and REAL-D (race, ethnicity and language, and disability status).

Learn how:

• Culturally informed care
• LGBTQ+ affirming care
• REAL-D data collection
• SOGI-P data collection