Many healthcare organizations recognize the importance of diversity and inclusion (D&I) to their people, business and patients, and have made significant investments to strengthen their D&I efforts enterprise-wide. However, healthcare workers think their organizations are not taking enough action to actively demonstrate D&I’s importance. Eagle Hill Consulting surveyed more than 500 U.S. healthcare workers to understand how they perceive and feel about their employers’ actions to support workplace D&I. The findings below tell the story.
Most healthcare workers feel that their organization places importance on D&I in the workplace
87% of healthcare workers say their organization places importance on D&I
However, there’s a large gap between healthcare workers across generations
Healthcare workers who feel their organization places importance on D&I:
Few healthcare workers feel their organization is doing enough to demonstrate the importance of D&I in the workplace
Who within your organization clearly demonstrates D&I’s importance through their actions?
Leadership
Only 36% of healthcare employees say their leadership does
Colleagues
Only 35% say their
colleagues do
D&I representatives
Only 10% say their D&I representatives do
No One
17% cannot identify anyone within their organization who does
Across the board, female healthcare workers are less likely than their male counterparts to feel their organization demonstrates the importance of D&I in the workplace
Who within your organization clearly demonstrates D&I’s importance through their actions?
Methodology
The Eagle Hill Consulting Healthcare Employee Experience Survey 2021 was conducted online by Ipsos in January 2021. The survey included more than 500 U.S. healthcare employees from a random sample of healthcare industry employees across the United States. The survey polled respondents on aspects of employee experience, including technology, diversity, employee engagement, and customer/patient service.
