MHA CEO Brian Peters expressed the MHA’s support for the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affair’s new implicit bias training requirement for all professions licensed or registered under the Public Health Code in a story by Michigan Capitol Confidential.
Peters cited the training as the next step in the MHA’s long history of safety and quality improvement work by hospitals led through the MHA Keystone Center. Peters also mentioned that many hospitals in the state have already been offering an implicit bias training prior to the requirement.
“Yes, we might require some time for our clinicians or employees to do this training,” said Peters. “But if we avoid rehospitalizations, if we avoid complications that require an extended hospital stay, we’re going to save them time on the back end by having better outcomes.”