A message from Ruth Perot, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education/Out of Many, One Dear Friends and Colleagues, April 28 was a “banner day” for OMO and the Health Data Task Force. Four of our colleagues played key roles at the 2009 Health Braintrust/National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit. Dr. Brian Smedley received an [...]
OMO Testimony at IOM Public Workshop
Deeana Jang from the Asian & Pacific Islander Health Forum testified on behalf of the OMO Health Data Task Force (HDTF) at a public workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine’s Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement and Committee on Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
HDTF members Mara Youdelman from the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Kalahn Taylor-Clark from the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform at the Brookings Institute also testified on behalf of their respective organizations.
Also available for download are the powerpoint presentations.
On February 4, 2009, several members of the OMO Governing Body and the Health Data Task Force were present at the signing of the SCHIP bill by President Obama. Mara Youdelman (National Health Law Program) took these pictures and generously shared them with us.