时间：1月31日 15点-17点

地点：中关村校区主楼418会议室

报告人：Dr. Yichuan Wang

报告人简介：

Dr. Yichuan Wang is an Associate Professor in Digital Marketing at Sheffield University Management School. Prior to joining SUMS, he worked for Newcastle University Business School and Auburn University (USA). He is a multi-disciplinary researcher, working mostly across marketing, information systems and healthcare. Yichuan is the author or co-author of over 100 publications, attracting in excess of 10,000 citations (Google Scholar). Yichuan is the co-founder of International Conference on Digital Health and Medical Analytics since 2018. He was selected as “Highly Cited Researchers in 2022” by Clarivate Analytics Inc. He has led and being closely involved with industry on a number of international projects helping hospitals improve quality of care through using healthcare information systems, and business analytics.

报告内容简介：

Workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are increasingly recognized as vital components in healthcare organizations. Yet, the academic landscape lacks robust theoretical frameworks and empirical research that delve into the influence of DEI on patient outcomes. Using a longitudinal dataset from 2017 to 2021, we examined DEI metrics, staff-reported patient safety incidents, and employee DEI feedback from Glassdoor for 120 NHS Trusts in England’s acute care sector. Our analysis demonstrates that a standard deviation increase in workforce DEI corresponds to a notable reduction of 6.227 patient safety incidents per 1000 admissions. Delving deeper into organizational and regional boundary conditions, we find that healthcare organizations with higher organizational complexity exhibit a more pronounced advantage from DEI initiatives in enhancing patient safety. Implementing DEI initiatives in healthcare organizations, especially in regions with higher patient racial diversity, can significantly reduce patient safety incidents. We thus provide healthcare policymakers and institutions with actionable insights on strategically tailoring DEI initiatives to improve patient safety.

（承办：管理工程系、科研与学术交流中心）