Equitable care does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, preferred language, geographic location or socioeconomic status. Quality care cannot be achieved without equity.
Marshall Chin, Co-Director of Advancing Health Equity and Mia Nafziger, Senior Health Policy Analyst at Washington State Health Care Authority discuss how State Medicaid agencies can better support health equity by using data, especially race and ethnicity data to accurately address the health inequities burdening communities of color.
Length: 7 minutes
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Roadmap to Reduce Disparities – a link to the Solving Disparities Roadmap to Reduce Disparities, a six-step framework for health care organizations to improve minority health and foster equity.
Equity of Care: A Toolkit for Eliminating Health Care Disparities – a PDF toolkit published by the Health Research and Education Trust for eliminating health care disparities.
A Guide to Reducing Disparities in Readmissions – a PDF document, this guide provides clear, concise, practical, and actionable recommendations for hospital leaders focused on health care quality, safety, and redesign.
National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, A Program of the Fenway Institute – Education and training on collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data, as well as health topics for supporting gender diverse and LGBTQ patients.
The Do No Harm Project, Urban Institute – The Do No Harm Guide body of work consists of several guides for how researchers and analysts can approach their work through a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Bree Collaborative Recommendations on Social Determinants of Health – a PDF document detailing a framework, checklists and tools for screening and referring patients with health-related social needs.