The Way Forward

As we conclude this year’s annual report, we express our heartfelt gratitude to all our strategy leads, Health System leaders, and stakeholders who have been instrumental in our progress toward creating a health system and educational institution that is free from racial bias and discrimination, where all patients receive equitable care regardless of their race, ethnicity, or background. Our efforts so far mark the starting point for our work, not the end of the journey.

In the last year, we have worked together to achieve progress toward four overarching goals:

• Ensuring our diversity, equity, and inclusion effort is a stand-alone and integrated priority of Mount Sinai business structures;

• Fostering partnerships using an anti-racist lens that promote a thriving and equitable culture for staff and communities served;

• Sustaining an equitable talent acquisition process that focuses on the retention and development of underrepresented minority employees across the Health System; and

• Equipping Mount Sinai employees and students with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively engage in anti-racist and equitable practices.

The Mount Sinai Health System has long been committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and as we reaffirm our focus on our mission and vision, we are optimistic about what the future holds.

Learn more about the Road Map for Action to Address Racism in a special report in the journal Academic Medicine .

› A research article, describing the Road Map for Action to Address Racism and Mount Sinai’s success in unifying and systematizing anti-racism efforts across the Health System, was published in June 2023. Read more.