Rhode Island Hospital Honored with LGBT Leadership Designation

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Wednesday, December 03, 2014

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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.

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Rhode Island Hospital is only the second hospital in Rhode Island to be awarded with an LGBT Leadership designation status.

Check Out The Grades: Rhode Island Hospitals Report Card

South County Hospital

Wakefield, RI

Fall 2013 Grade: A

Spring 2013 Grade: A

Kent County Memorial Hospital

Warwick, RI

Fall 2013 Grade: B

Spring 2013 Grade: C

Memorial Hospital of RI

Pawtucket, RI

Fall 2013 Grade: B

Spring 2013 Grade: Not Graded*

*Not graded due to lack of publicly available data

Miriam Hospital

Providence, RI

Fall 2013 Grade: B

Spring 2013 Grade: B

Newport Hospital

Newport, RI

Fall 2013 Grade: C

Spring 2013 Grade: B