Proposals for the 2010 National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations are due February 1, 2010. The conference will be held October 18-21, 2010 in Baltimore, MD. The theme for the conference is “Improving health care for culturally diverse populations: A new place on the national health agenda.” They are currently requesting [...]
Race, Ethnicity, & Language Data to Improve Health Care Quality: The New IOM Report & Perspectives From The Field Join us for a Webinar on September 21 In this free webinar, get an in-depth look at how to use patient demographic data to improve quality for culturally diverse populations. Featuring the just-released Institute of Medicine [...]
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS! A Senate Briefing on the Cost-Savings of Reducing Health Disparities in Health Reform September 22, 2009 — 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Capitol Visitor Center, Senate Meeting Rooms (SVC) 208 & 209 In order to build support for health reform and inform congressional Members and staff about health and health care disparities, the [...]
OMO joins other groups in support of health reform and the inclusion of health disparities provisions in the bill. Our flier, available for download below, is one of many pages in a packet that was distributed to all health staffers in the Senate. OMO believes that health reform MUST reduce health disparities and promote prevention. [...]
From our friends at REHDC..
1) New Health Disparities and Quality Reports from AHRQ.
2) Information on President Obama’s 2010 Budget, including his transmittal letter.
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 [...]
April is National Minority Health month, and the National Council of La Raza is launching Profiles of Latino Health, “a new resource for those who want to learn more about prominent health issues affecting the Latino community.” Each week they will answer a new question about Latino Health. So far, they have posted the following [...]