WHY IT’S ON THE LIST
On the Top 10 Hospitals and Health Systems list for the third year in a row, Mayo Clinic has active senior-management support for its initiatives. CEO Dr. John Noseworthy chairs the executive diversity council, which meets monthly. He meets regularly with resource groups, and personally signs off on diversity metrics. Director of Diversity and Inclusion Dr. Sharonne Hayes reports directly to Dr. Noseworthy and communicates with him weekly.
Mayo has a physician diversity council, and the hospital system has formal succession planning for women, Blacks, Latinos and Asians. There is also a formal physician mentoring program in which half of Mayo’s physicians participate; the hospital’s website lists more than a dozen physician/scientist champions who also teach in the classroom, mentor students and champion diversity in all aspects of education.
There are 14 active employee resource groups at Mayo Clinic; they are open to all employees. Nurses and physicians are particularly active in the two largest groups, the Multicultural Nurses Group and Transcultural Patient Care, a group that provides access to resource and information to assist Mayo Clinic employees in providing culturally competent care to patients.
