SEPTEMBER HEALTH DATA TASK FORCE MEETING Guest presenters: Kalahn Taylor-Clark from the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform, Rita Carreon from America’s Health Insurance Plans, and Sarah Scholle from the NCQA will present and lead a discussion on the collection of racial and ethnic data by health plans. We will also be discussing the current political scene regarding disaggregated data collection and the [...]
JULY HEALTH DATA TASK FORCE MEETING Date: Monday, July 27, 2009 Time: Noon – 2pm EST Location: OMO/SHIRE 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 615 Washington DC 20036 Conference call in will also be available. Lunch will also be provided. Please call SHIRE: 202-371-0277 if you need assistance on the day of the meeting. Email Angela [...]
JUNE HEALTH DATA TASK FORCE MEETING Date: Friday, June 26, 2009 Time: Noon – 2pm EST Location: OMO/SHIRE 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 615 Washington DC 20036 Conference call in will also be available. Lunch will be provided. Please call SHIRE: 202-371-0277 if you need assistance on the day of the meeting. Email Angela (alee@outofmany1.org) [...]
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 [...]
Dear Friend, Out of Many, One (OMO) is a national multicultural coalition that has been advocating for health equity and parity for communities of color since 2000. OMO works to assure that every ethnic and racial group, regardless of its size or immigration status, has equal access to health care coverage, access and treatment, and [...]
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.
OMO Executive Committee & HDTF member Dave Baldridge was featured in a recent article of New America Media entitled, “Advocates for Ethnic Elders Look Beyond Inaugural Euphoria” published Jan 25, 2009. “David Baldridge, a champion of Native American elders for two decades, lamented, “It’s seemingly always about the dollars—and America’s political will (or lack of [...]