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Category Archives: Language Access: Standards
Office of Minority Health: Enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) has released its long-awaited “enhanced” National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. The original CLAS standards were issued by OMH … Continue reading
National Quality Forum Endorses 12 Healthcare Disparities and Cultural Competency Measures
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed twelve healthcare disparities and cultural competency quality measures. With this NQF endorsement, payers, including federal government payers such as Medicare and Medicaid, and health plans, can use these measures in quality improvement activities … Continue reading
HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health: Recommendations for Health Insurance Exchanges
The following was my presentation to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Minority Health on November 29, 2012 regarding the implementation of health insurance exchanges and other national health care reforms.
Posted in Demographic Data, Demographic Data: Gender Identity/Expression, Demographic Data: Language Need, Demographic Data: Race and Ethnicity, Demographic Data: Sexual Orientation, Health Care Disparities, Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform: Accountable Care Organizations, Health Care Reform: Advancing Equity, Health Care Reform: General Analysis, Health Care Reform: Medical Homes, Health Care Reform: Payment Reform, Health Care Reform: Quality Improvement, Health Information Technology, Health Information Technology: Meaningful Use, Health Literacy, Ignatius Bau: Presentations, Language Access, Language Access: Standards, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health, Presenter
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National Quality Forum Call for Healthcare Disparities and Cultural Competency Measures
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has issued a call for healthcare performance measures related to healthcare disparities and cultural competency for consideration in its national consensus standards development process. In August, NQF published a paper authored by the Disparities Solution … Continue reading
Posted in Health Information Technology, Demographic Data, Demographic Data: Race and Ethnicity, Demographic Data: Language Need, Language Access, Language Access: Standards, Cultural Competency, Cultural Competency: Evaluation, Health Care Disparities, Health Care Disparities: Stakeholders Engaged, Patient-Centeredness
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National Quality Forum Requests Public Comments on Healthcare Disparities and Cultural Competency Measures
The National Quality Forum is requesting public comments on a commissioned paper from the Disparities Solutions Center describing issues regarding the selection and evaluation of disparity-sensitive quality measures, methodological issues with disparities measurement, and cross-cutting measurement gaps in disparities. The paper and … Continue reading
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care: Standards for Healthcare Interpreter Training Programs
The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care has developed National Standards for Healthcare Interpreting Training Programs. These national standards are the result of two years of careful research and development, and are based on input from thousands of working … Continue reading
APIAHF Cross-Walks on Office of Minority Health’s Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum has prepared two cross-walks related to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health’s (OMH) National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS). The first cross-walk compares … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Cultural Competency, Cultural Competency: Frameworks, Demographic Data, Demographic Data: Language Need, Demographic Data: Race and Ethnicity, Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform: Medical Homes, Health Information Technology, Health Information Technology: Meaningful Use, Language Access, Language Access: Standards
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Resources to Advance Patient-Centeredness and Health Equity
I have compiled key publications and resources on some current topics in health care policy. Below are descriptions of the key topic areas, which also can be accessed using the menu on the right side of this page. Health Care … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Competency, Cultural Competency: Assessments, Cultural Competency: Curricula, Cultural Competency: Evaluation, Cultural Competency: Frameworks, Cultural Competency: Training, Demographic Data, Demographic Data: Gender Identity/Expression, Demographic Data: Language Need, Demographic Data: Race and Ethnicity, Demographic Data: Sexual Orientation, Health Care Disparities, Health Care Disparities: Effective Interventions, Health Care Disparities: Stakeholders Engaged, Health Care Disparities: The Evidence of Disparities, Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform: Accountable Care Organizations, Health Care Reform: Advancing Equity, Health Care Reform: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Health Care Reform: General Analysis, Health Care Reform: Medical Homes, Health Care Reform: Payment Reform, Health Care Reform: Quality Improvement, Health Care Reform: Workforce Development, Health Information Technology, Health Information Technology: Meaningful Use, Health Information Technology: Mobile Health, Health Information Technology: Personal Health Records, Health Literacy, Health Workforce Diversity, Health Workforce Diversity: Building the Demand Side, Health Workforce Diversity: Pipelines and pathways, Health Workforce Diversity: Who is Underrepresented, Language Access, Language Access: Best Practices, Language Access: Certification, Language Access: Government Funding, Language Access: Making the Case, Language Access: Standards, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health, Patient-Centeredness, The iBau Blog
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California Pan-Ethnic Health Network Conference: Resource Handout
Resources on patient-centeredness, equity and prevention from California Pan-Ethnic Health Network “Building Quality and Equitable Health Care Systems” conference June 7-9, 2010. Link to Original Source
Posted in Author, Cultural Competency, Cultural Competency: Frameworks, Demographic Data, Health Care Disparities, Health Care Disparities: Stakeholders Engaged, Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform: Accountable Care Organizations, Health Care Reform: Advancing Equity, Health Care Reform: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Health Care Reform: General Analysis, Health Care Reform: Medical Homes, Health Care Reform: Quality Improvement, Health Information Technology, Health Status Disparities, Health Workforce Diversity, Health Workforce Diversity: Pipelines and pathways, Healthy Neighborhoods and Communities, Ignatius Bau: Ignatius' Consultant Services, Ignatius Bau: Meeting & Conference Planning, Ignatius Bau: Presentations, Language Access, Language Access: Best Practices, Language Access: Certification, Language Access: Standards, Prevention, TCE
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Presentation at Maryland Hospital Association: Making the Cases for Language Access
Presentation to Kaiser Permanente, Adventist HealthCare and Maryland Hospital Association on language access on August 23, 2010.
