CULTURAL COMPETENCE
Abstract
Cultural diversity is increasing more and more each day in all healthcare systems around the world. This reality requires health care providers to show a high level of cultural competence. One of the biggest factors that has contributed to the increasing cultural diversity is immigration, and it has led to complex interpersonal connections. Consequently, there has been a big cultural and demographic change that has made healthcare providers manage these differences effectively. Differences are most seen in communication styles, multiple languages, attitudes, expectations and different opinions.
Besides the traditional differences in racial and ethnics differences, problems on culturally competent health care for …show more content…
The universal existence of major ethnic and racial disparities in health delivery has crucial public policy problems that require multiple approaches. Improvements in socioeconomic status along with physical environment have the tendency of substantially contributing to reducing health care disparities (Brach and Fraserirector , 2010). Essentially, interventions related to health care services can greatly reduce these inequalities and …show more content…
• The Joint Commission: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is the main accrediting agency in the U.S. for hospitals and healthcare facilities. Facilities must pass its inspections regularly to maintain their accreditation and must meet all of its accepted standards. The Joint Commission considers culturally competent care to be a part of safe patient care and published a report outlining its expectations and strategies in 2010, titled Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals.
• The Liaison Committee On Medical Education: The Liaison Committee on Medical Education, or LCME, is an accreditation organization for medical schools. Any doctor who wishes to practice medicine in the U.S. must graduate from an LCME-accredited school of medicine. The LCME requires that accredited schools comply with its standards of cultural competence in healthcare and provide relevant training as well as assessment of whether or not the training goals have been
Abstract
Cultural diversity is increasing more and more each day in all healthcare systems around the world. This reality requires health care providers to show a high level of cultural competence. One of the biggest factors that has contributed to the increasing cultural diversity is immigration, and it has led to complex interpersonal connections. Consequently, there has been a big cultural and demographic change that has made healthcare providers manage these differences effectively. Differences are most seen in communication styles, multiple languages, attitudes, expectations and different opinions.
Besides the traditional differences in racial and ethnics differences, problems on culturally competent health care for …show more content…
The universal existence of major ethnic and racial disparities in health delivery has crucial public policy problems that require multiple approaches. Improvements in socioeconomic status along with physical environment have the tendency of substantially contributing to reducing health care disparities (Brach and Fraserirector , 2010). Essentially, interventions related to health care services can greatly reduce these inequalities and …show more content…
• The Joint Commission: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is the main accrediting agency in the U.S. for hospitals and healthcare facilities. Facilities must pass its inspections regularly to maintain their accreditation and must meet all of its accepted standards. The Joint Commission considers culturally competent care to be a part of safe patient care and published a report outlining its expectations and strategies in 2010, titled Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals.
• The Liaison Committee On Medical Education: The Liaison Committee on Medical Education, or LCME, is an accreditation organization for medical schools. Any doctor who wishes to practice medicine in the U.S. must graduate from an LCME-accredited school of medicine. The LCME requires that accredited schools comply with its standards of cultural competence in healthcare and provide relevant training as well as assessment of whether or not the training goals have been