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Listen "Ep 93 – Culturally Competent Leadership to Eliminate Disparities in Healthcare, with John W. Bluford, III, MBA, FACHE"
Episode Synopsis
This week we are honored to have as our guest, the legendary John W. Bluford III. Mr. Bluford is a nationally known healthcare innovator who has been recognized by Modern Healthcare and Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the Most Influential People in Healthcare. Mr. Bluford is the Founder and President of the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute (BHLI) – a nonprofit organization focused on value-based care leadership to eliminate health care disparities. BHLI provides an intense professional development program designed to expose undergraduate scholars with exceptional leadership potential to today’s challenging healthcare landscape, cultivating them for future leadership roles where they will serve to eliminate disparities in healthcare.
This Institute was created by John Bluford as a way to advance health equity in today’s healthcare system by sponsoring, mentoring, and coaching underrepresented talent for healthcare leadership and creating opportunities for the emerging leaders to improve health outcomes for minority and vulnerable populations. In this episode, you are going to learn from John Bluford how “Culturally Competent Leadership to Eliminate Disparities in Healthcare.”
Mr. Bluford currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Western Governors University – the leading online university in the country with a College of Health Professions that is deeply involved in the provision of workforce readiness to deliver on the promise of high value, high quality care that delivers equitable outcomes for all.
https://www.blufordinstitute.org
Episode Bookmarks:
01:45 Introduction to the legendary John W. Bluford III, MBA, FACHE
03:10 The Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute (BHLI) program’s commitment to culturally competent leadership
07:45 Lessons learned from a 6-week experience at Harvard University that informed a new way of thinking about healthcare
09:00 The rewarding experiences as a mentor while serving as a preceptor for graduate students
10:00 Mr. Bluford never mentored minority students in 12 years as a preceptor because there weren’t any at the time!
11:00 A vision to create a more diverse pipeline of healthcare administration students
12:00 “Our mission is to create leaders of the future that will eliminate health care disparities among minority and vulnerable patient populations over the next two generations.”
13:00 The impact of BHLI alumni leaders who have completed the program
16:00 The observance of Black History Month and the cultural zeitgeist for civil rights and social justice has been awakened in the collective consciousness of all ethnicities
17:30 Why institutional racism will take generations to fix because it is so deeply embedded in our country’s history
18:40 “The accomplishments of Black Americans should be celebrated routinely just like everyone else. Black history is American history and should be treated as such.”
20:45 How the CMS Innovation Center is integrating health equity into the design and reengineering value-based payment models
22:15 The elevation of national consciousness regarding the existence of health disparities
22:45 “We can’t fix the problem without realizing that there is a problem. Health care disparities do, in fact, exist.”
23:00 The need for strong, pervasive leadership in healthcare, society, and government to overcome the systematic perpetuation of racism
24:20 The role of hospitals in addressing health equity and population health in the communities they serve
26:45 Mr. Bluford discusses the importance of culturally competent leadership, reflecting on lessons learned from his hospital administration career
28:00 Understanding the culture of communities and how socioeconomic determinants of health impact care outcomes
29:50 Love, hope, and compassion needed in population health leadership
30:30 Case management of patients with chronic disease is more effective when you understand SDOH barri...
This Institute was created by John Bluford as a way to advance health equity in today’s healthcare system by sponsoring, mentoring, and coaching underrepresented talent for healthcare leadership and creating opportunities for the emerging leaders to improve health outcomes for minority and vulnerable populations. In this episode, you are going to learn from John Bluford how “Culturally Competent Leadership to Eliminate Disparities in Healthcare.”
Mr. Bluford currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Western Governors University – the leading online university in the country with a College of Health Professions that is deeply involved in the provision of workforce readiness to deliver on the promise of high value, high quality care that delivers equitable outcomes for all.
https://www.blufordinstitute.org
Episode Bookmarks:
01:45 Introduction to the legendary John W. Bluford III, MBA, FACHE
03:10 The Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute (BHLI) program’s commitment to culturally competent leadership
07:45 Lessons learned from a 6-week experience at Harvard University that informed a new way of thinking about healthcare
09:00 The rewarding experiences as a mentor while serving as a preceptor for graduate students
10:00 Mr. Bluford never mentored minority students in 12 years as a preceptor because there weren’t any at the time!
11:00 A vision to create a more diverse pipeline of healthcare administration students
12:00 “Our mission is to create leaders of the future that will eliminate health care disparities among minority and vulnerable patient populations over the next two generations.”
13:00 The impact of BHLI alumni leaders who have completed the program
16:00 The observance of Black History Month and the cultural zeitgeist for civil rights and social justice has been awakened in the collective consciousness of all ethnicities
17:30 Why institutional racism will take generations to fix because it is so deeply embedded in our country’s history
18:40 “The accomplishments of Black Americans should be celebrated routinely just like everyone else. Black history is American history and should be treated as such.”
20:45 How the CMS Innovation Center is integrating health equity into the design and reengineering value-based payment models
22:15 The elevation of national consciousness regarding the existence of health disparities
22:45 “We can’t fix the problem without realizing that there is a problem. Health care disparities do, in fact, exist.”
23:00 The need for strong, pervasive leadership in healthcare, society, and government to overcome the systematic perpetuation of racism
24:20 The role of hospitals in addressing health equity and population health in the communities they serve
26:45 Mr. Bluford discusses the importance of culturally competent leadership, reflecting on lessons learned from his hospital administration career
28:00 Understanding the culture of communities and how socioeconomic determinants of health impact care outcomes
29:50 Love, hope, and compassion needed in population health leadership
30:30 Case management of patients with chronic disease is more effective when you understand SDOH barri...
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