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Category Archives: Health Care Disparities: The Evidence of Disparities
National Quality Forum: Roadmap for Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Disparities
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has issued a Roadmap for Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Disparities. Despite overall improvements in public health and medicine, disparities in health and healthcare persist. Disparities are differences caused by inequities that are linked to … Continue reading
Posted in Demographic Data, Health Care Disparities, Health Care Disparities: Effective Interventions, Health Care Disparities: The Evidence of Disparities, Health Care Reform: Advancing Equity, Health Care Reform: Payment Reform, Health Care Reform: Quality Improvement, Health Status Disparities, Social Determinants of Health
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Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center: Opportunities for Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations to Advance Health Equity
This report summarizes the work to date and identifies future opportunities for Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) to advance health equity as part of their health system transformation activities. CCOs are obligated to identify and pursue opportunities to advance health … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Cultural Competency, Demographic Data, Demographic Data: Language Need, Demographic Data: Race and Ethnicity, 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: Medical Homes, Health Care Reform: Payment Reform, Health Care Reform: Quality Improvement, Health Care Reform: Workforce Development, Health Information Technology, Health Literacy, Health Status Disparities, Health Workforce Diversity, Ignatius Bau: Ignatius' Consultant Services, Ignatius Bau: Presentations, Language Access
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Mapping Medicare Disparities
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health has published an interactive Mapping Medicare Disparities tool. Chronic diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, pose a significant problem in the United States, and disproportionately affect racial and ethnic … Continue reading
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network: Taking a Bite of Oral Health Inequities
This issue brief from the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network describes inequities in oral health for racial and ethnic populations, and makes recommendations to reduce those disparities. Poverty, food insecurity, lack of access to healthier food, and lack of access to … Continue reading
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The State of Racial Inequalities in Health
On December 5, 2014, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) held a forum on “Disparities, Resilience, and Building a Culture of Health” and published this paper on the state of racial inequalities in health authored by Thomas LeVeist, director of the Center … Continue reading
California Department of Public Health: Portrait of Promise – California Statewide Plan to Promote Health and Mental Health Equity
The California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity has released its statewide plan to promote health and mental health equity. The plan is the first demographic report and statewide strategic plan from the OHE since it was established in 2012. … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care Disparities, Health Care Disparities: Stakeholders Engaged, Health Care Disparities: The Evidence of Disparities, Health Status Disparities, Healthy Neighborhoods and Communities, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health, Prevention, Social Determinants of Health
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
This 2014 report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality consolidates the annual National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report. These reports to Congress are mandated by the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). The consolidated report highlights … Continue reading
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicare Health Outcomes Survey Data from Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
This data brief from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health reports data from Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS). The Medicare HOS provides longitudinal self-assessed health status data … Continue reading
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Behavioral Health Equity Barometer, United States 2014
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has published this comprehensive report on behavioral health equity in the United States. The report focused on differences based on health insurance and by race and ethnicity. The report is based on … Continue reading
National Institutes of Health: Response to Institute of Medicine Report on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued this comprehensive response to the findings and recommendations of the 2011 Institute of Medicine’s report, The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: A Foundation for Better Understanding. NIH Director Dr. … Continue reading
