Healthcare Equality Index
HRC's Healthcare Equality Index survey will reopen in October 2012. In the meantime, there are many ways to stay engaged!
- Sign up for an upcoming "Why the HEI?" webinar on LGBT healthcare needs and the HEI survey offered July-September 2012
- New to the HEI? Request to participate in the next survey
- Get information on the HEI's 'Core Four:' Best practices in LGBT Patient-Centered Care
- Read testimonials from HEI survey respondents
- Review Key LGBT Health Resources
- Contact hei@hrc.org with any questions.
Why Healthcare Facilities Participate in the HEI:
- To boost LGBT patient safety and satisfaction
- To ensure compliance with CMS and Joint Commission requirements, as well as state and local law
- To provide employees the information needed to give LGBT patients high-quality care
- To reach out to LGBT healthcare consumers, a long-overlooked group
- To offer equity and inclusion to LGBT employees
- To stay abreast of best practices in 21st-century healthcare
Watch Two Short Videos about the HEI:
A Case for HEI Participation
A Patient's Healthcare Story
HEI Participants
LGBT Patients
HEI 2011 Report
- Download the HEI 2011 Report or Read the Virtual Publication
- Press Release
- Search HEI-Rated Facilities by State
About the HEI
The annual Healthcare Equality Index surveys and rates respondents on their policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients and families. It also serves as a unique benchmarking tool for identifying emerging best practices in LGBT patient-centered care. Facilities throughout the nation now look to the HEI for up-to-date assistance in providing equitable, inclusive care to LGBT patients and families.
The Healthcare Equality Index is funded in part by a grant from Pfizer Inc.
