Rhode Island Hospital Honored with LGBT Leadership Designation
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Rhode Island Hospital has earned leadership designation from the Human Rights Campaign for the hospitals commitment in providing the best practices in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender care.
“We have worked tirelessly to assess our employee interactions with members of the LGBT community at Rhode Island Hospital,” said Laurie Sawyer, chairperson of Spectrum, which is Lifespan’s LGBT employee resource group.
Lifespan has always been a leader in employment non-discrimination, allowing an employee's same sex partner to be covered as either a family member or a dependent on health insurance. All before same sex marriage was legal in Rhode Island.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTRhode Island Hospital is only the second hospital in Rhode Island to be awarded with an LGBT Leadership designation status.
Related Slideshow: Check Out The Grades: Rhode Island Hospitals Report Card
A recent survey released by The Leapfrog Group assigns a Hospital Safety Score, using the report card system of A to F to each of the hospitals in Rhode Island. These grades are based on expert analysis of injuries, infections and errors that cause harm or death during a hospital stay.
Let's see how each of Rhode Island's hospitals were graded from highest to lowest:
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