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 [...]
A new issue brief from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, “Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care Reform: Achieving Equity in Our Lifetime”, provides an analysis of the disparities provisions in the two bills passed by the Senate and House. Below is the introduction. You can download the entire report here: http://www.jointcenter.org/hpi/sites/all/files/raceethnicityandhealthcarereform.pdf Health care [...]
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 [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the preliminary definition of “Meaningful Use” presented in three documents made available to the public by the HIT Policy Committee. Out of Many, One (OMO) is a national multicultural advocacy coalition, established in 2000, that is committed to achieve health parity for people of [...]
CONGRESSIONAL TRICAUCUS MEMBERS ON HEALTHCARE REFORM: “COVERAGE IS NOT ENOUGH!” (Washington DC) – The Congressional TriCaucus – comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus – will hold a news conference on Tuesday, June 9 at 10 am regarding their priorities for healthcare reform–particularly the need [...]