Healthcare Facility Search Key

Produced by the HRC Foundation

In this online database of healthcare facilities, there are six different types of facilities listed.

HEI 2022 Participants

These are the 906 healthcare facilities that actively participated in the Healthcare Equality Index survey. All survey participants receive a score between 5 to 100 as determined by which HEI criteria they meet and how many LGBTQ+ policies and practices they have in place. Their scorecards will show their overall score as well as how they scored in each criteria section of the survey. See below for our HEI 2022 survey methodology.

Non-scored Hospitals

Over 1,300 other hospitals are listed in the database because they were either researched or previously participated in the HEI survey. These hospitals do not receive a score and their scorecard will only include information about whether or not they have the foundational policies found in Criteria Section 1 in place. These facilities will show a gray box with an “N/A” instead of the yellow box with an active score--be sure to click into their listing to review their Foundational policies.

*Participants Receiving the Responsible Citizenship Penalty

The Responsible Citizenship Criteria focuses on known activities that undermine LGBTQ equality or patient care. Healthcare organizations can have 5 points deducted from their score if they have certain policies in place that may lead to discriminatory treatment that is in conflict with their non-discrimination policy. Facilities may have 25 points deducted if they have a large-scale official or public anti-LGBTQ blemish on their recent records. For a full description of this criteria and the difference between the 5 and 25 point deductions, see the Responsible Citizenship Criteria webpage.

Organizations that have received one of these penalties will be denoted in a few different ways:

  • In the listing results, the Responsible Citizenship criteria will appear with a red X next to it.
  • In the full scorecard, an asterisk (*) will appear next to the organization's total score in top right corner
  • In the full scorecard, there will be either a -5 or -25 to denote the penalty applied in Criteria 5: Responsible Citizenship score

If an organization has a point deduction for this criteria, please click on the “Important Transgender Services Information” link in the scorecard header for more information. If an organization received a 25-point deduction that link will take you to our webpage explaining the rationale for the deduction. If an organization has a 5-point deduction the link will take you to the organization’s webpage where they provide important information about the transgender services they provide.

Methodology

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