Connecticut Health Foundation Announces Strategic Plan Focused on Health Equity
The Connecticut Health Foundation has announced a new five-year strategic plan focused on advancing health equity. The mission of the Continue reading
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Aligning Forces for Quality: Advancing Primary Care for Racially and Ethnically Diverse and Medicaid Patients
This issue brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program highlights lessons learned from efforts 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 Continue reading
Institute of Medicine: Collecting Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Data in Electronic Health Records
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released a summary of its October 12, 2012 workshop on the collection of sexual Continue reading
National Quality Forum: Assessment of Quality Measures for “Disparities-Sensitivity”
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has developed an assessment tool to evaluate whether health care quality measures are “sensitive” in 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, Continue reading
Center for American Progress: Ensuring Benefits Parity and Gender Identity Nondiscrimination
This issue brief from the Center for American Progress describes the importance of nondiscrimination in health insurance coverage based on 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 Continue reading
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