Jacqueline Ortiz, M.Phil
Vice President of Health Equity and Cultural Competence | ChristianaCare
Wilmington, DE, UNITED STATES
Jacqueline Ortiz, M. Phil. is the vice president for Health Equity and Cultural Competence at ChristianaCare.
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Jacqueline Ortiz is the vice president for Health Equity and Cultural Competence at ChristianaCare. In this role, Ortiz develops strategic clinical partnerships, creates and implements a portfolio of innovative programs and evidence-based initiatives to identify, evaluate and eliminate disparities in health care process and outcomes. Her focus is on building the organizational capacity to reduce the incidence of disease and improve health outcomes, advance equitable health care services, and reduce health disparities for identified conditions and target populations.
Areas of Expertise (3)
Health Equity
Cultural Competence
Language Services
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Finding a doctor who looks like you: Delaware health care providers take aim at disparities
The News Journal online
Health outcomes related to a number of factors Jacqueline Ortiz, director of health equity and cultural competence at ChristianaCare, doesn't just want to focus on what happens in a doctor's office or during a therapy session. She wants to take it well beyond those four walls. A popular concept many health officials are embracing is the idea that social determinants of health – factors within your environment like housing, racism and education – all contribute to health outcomes. "We've been working on different processes to screen patients for social determinants," Ortiz said. "And then working on a series of services and supports to actually support our patients as they live in their communities."
UP CLOSE: Transforming interpretation at Yale New Haven Hospital
Yale Daily News online
2020-09-14
Jacqueline Ortiz, director of Diversity and Inclusion for ChristianaCare, a Delaware-based health care provider, said that while the foundational role of a medical interpreter is as a “conduit” of language, interpreters also have ethical and professional obligations to serve as clarifiers, mediators and advocates...
Christiana Care residents do poverty simulation
Delaware Public Media online
2018-06-24
Jacqueline Ortiz, who works on cultural competency for the health system, says the simulation is effective at getting residents to imagine an experience that’s different from their own—which she says tends to be more economically privileged...
Selected Papers and Publications (3)
Providers’ Perceptions of Medical Interpreter Services and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Patients: Understanding the “Bigger Picture”
Journal of Applied Social Science2015 Patient’s ability to understand and effectively communicate health information facilitates disease prevention, self-management of illness, the adoption of healthy behaviors, and their ability to act on important public health information. However, patients who have limited English proficiency (LEP) are significantly disadvantaged.
Hospital staff use of interpreter services for patients with limited english proficiency
141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition2013 Effective communication is an integral component of patient safety, well informed health decisions and overall patient care. Our prior research suggests an underutilization of interpreter services by hospital staff caring for maternity patients.
Language needs and health literacy for post-partum mothers
141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition2013 Limited English proficiency (LEP) and poor health literacy (HL) are barriers to effective patient-provider communication and impact health outcomes.
