Eliminating Disparities in Health Outcomes

Resources, Examples and Tools for Hospitals

Examples from the Field	Adventist HealthCare - Center on Health Disparities Cambridge Health Alliance - Breast Health Initiative Harborview Medical Center - Community House Calls Kaiser Permanente - Addressing Diabetes Among the Latino Population Massachusetts General Hospital - The Disparities Solutions Center Memorial Healthcare System - Achieving Cardiac Excellence Montefiore Medical Center - Standardizing Data Collection to Capture Patient Demographics Overlook Hospital - Breast Health Outreach Sinai-Grace Hospital – Addressing Disparities in Cardiac Care Among African American Populations Truman Medical Centers - Sickle Cell Disease Clinic Venice Family Clinic - Diabetes Care Management Program Whittier Institute for Diabetes - Project Dulce

Resources	EquityofCare.org Hospitals and Effective Communications, A Partnership between the HHS Office for Civil Rights and the AHA Leadership and workforce diversity Improving language access to health services Eliminating barriers to health care Defining the problem Improving cultural competency

Tools	Assessment and Planning Outcome and Evaluation
National Campaigns	Healthy People 2010 Goal: Eliminate Health Disparities Cancer Control PLANET Web portal Consumer-Targeted Prescription Drug Ads Help Close Minority Health Gaps Health Departments Take Action: A Compendium of State and Local Models Addressing Racial And Ethnic Disparities in Health Help Your Family Make the Kidney Connection Providing Language Services in Small Health Care Provider Settings: Examples from the Field Reducing Health Disparities: What Is Being Done, What Works Screen for Life public service announcements (PSAs) Small Steps, Big Rewards: Prevent Type 2 Diabetes The Health Disparities Collaborative Website
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