Mount Sinai Health System recognized as 'Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality' by HRC Foundation

Six campuses of the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) - The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai St. Luke's, Mount Sinai West (formerly known as Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai Queens, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai - have been recognized as "Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization. Mount Sinai Beth Israel was the first hospital in New York City to receive this honor, seven years ago.

The findings were part of HRC Foundation's Healthcare Equality Index 2016, a unique annual survey that promotes equal care for LGBT Americans and recognizes health care institutions doing the best work.

MSHS earned top marks in meeting best practice benchmarks that include nondiscrimination, LGBT education, training, and community engagement, and demonstrated a commitment to equitable, inclusive care for LGBT patients and their families.

"Mount Sinai has created a diverse organization that understands the unique needs of the many communities we serve," said Barbara Warren, PsyD, Director, LGBT Programs and Policies, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, MSHS. "We continue to advance equity and inclusion throughout our health system by creating a culturally and clinically competent environment, training and educating our health workforce and clinicians committed to this goal, and mainstreaming health services for the LGBT community."