ReadySet helped a hospital increase underrepresented medical residents from 12% to 45%
Y-Vonne Hutchinson · How I Built Resilience: Live with Y-Vonne Hutchinson · Jun 13, 2020 · at 15:24
Y-Vonne Hutchinson is the founder and CEO of diversity consulting firm ReadySet. She describes measurable representation gains from ReadySet's work with a regional hospital system.
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“So when we started, it was something like 12%, and eventually it went up to something like 45%.”
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