Through workers’ voices, St. Luke’s Health showcases its diversity

By LISA EISENHAUER

St. Luke’s Health is using a video platform to spotlight the diverse cultures and experiences of its workers.

Tyler Peavy, director of clinical integration networks for the Houston-based system that is part of CommonSpirit Health, discussed the videos that make up the Listening to Our Voices series at a session of the 2023 Catholic Health Assembly.

Peavy said the goals of the campaign are twofold. One is to show St. Luke’s employees that there are others with similar backgrounds to their own working alongside them.

The second goal, Peavy said, is to make patients aware of the diver- sity of the system’s workforce. The hope is that if patients see care providers who look like them and have similar backgrounds to their own, they will be more comfortable on their visits to St. Luke’s facilities, he added. St. Luke’s is rolling out the videos monthly. Each is about three minutes long. Staff are viewing the videos as reflections at the start of meetings. The screenings are typically followed by discussions about what the video brought to mind, Peavy said.

“This is not just a black or white thing,” he noted. “There’s so many different backgrounds and different walks of life people bring to the table each and every day.”

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