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 [...]
Report Release of Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Healthcare Quality Improvement Monday, August 31, 2009 at 10am National Academy of Sciences Building, Lecture Room, 2100 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies will hold a public release of the report Race, Ethnicity, 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 [...]