Watch video: Swedish's commitment to equity is closing health-care gaps

In this article: 

• Watch a recent KING 5 special highlighting Providence Swedish's health equity work. 
• Swedish is leading the way in dismantling long-existing systemic health-care inequities. 
• Featured were Swedish's LGBTQI+ Program; our JUST Birth Network; and our health investments in our Asian, Latino, immigrant and refugee, and unhoused communities. 

At Swedish, we believe that every single person is entitled to the same high-quality, compassionate care, regardless of race, ethnicity, language, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, or age. We are committed to building an inclusive environment dedicated to the health and well-being of every Swedish patient, visitor and caregiver. 

A recent special presentation on Seattle's KING 5 featured Swedish's health equity leadership and highlighted several initiatives at Swedish that are helping close the health-care gaps in underserved communities. 

The KING 5 special included Swedish caregivers discussing what health equity work looks like in practice and how it is changing patients' lives. Chief Health Equity Officer, Nwando Anyaoku, M.D., emphasized the centrality of trust to health equity work and the ways benefits of equitable, accessible health-care for every patient and society as a whole. Featured were Swedish's LGBTQI+ Program; our JUST Birth Network; and Swedish's community health investments in our Asian, Latino, immigrant and refugee, and unhoused communities.