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
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Grantmakers in Health: Ensuring Health Workforce Diversity Strategy Session
This report from Grantmakers in Health summarizes a strategy session held in June 2011 to examine funder strategies to support Continue reading
Of, By and For the People: My Reflections on the White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Early Monday morning on June 7, 1999, I left Orlando, Florida (where I was vacationing with my partner, but had Continue reading
Institute of Medicine Report: Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
This Institute of Medicine report brief, issued April 2010, summarizes recommendations to improve the National Healthcare Quality Report and National Continue reading
Institute of Medicine Report: Standardization of Race, Ethnicity and Language Data
This report brief summarizes the Institute of Medicine subcommittee report making recommendations for the standardization of race, ethnicity and language Continue reading
National Quality Forum: Improving Health Care Quality for Minority Patients
This National Quality Forum workshop examines the health care quality measures which could be used to monitor and support quality Continue reading
Institute of Medicine Workshop on Equality and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement
This 2008 Institute of Medicine workshop examined the connections between quality improvement, disparities reduction and health literacy.
Joint Commission Report: Roadmap for Effective Communication, Cultural Competency and Patient-and Family-Centered Care
This report from the Joint Commission recommends action steps and resources for hospitals to improve provider-patient communication, cultural competency and Continue reading
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