Implementing institute of medicine recommendations on collection of patient race, ethnicity, and language data in a community health center

  • Geniene Wilson
  • , Romana Hasnain-Wynia
  • , Diane Hauser
  • , Neil Calman

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Abstract

The Institute for Family Health is one of the first health care organizations to implement the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations on collection of patient race, ethnicity, and language data as a means of identifying and addressing health disparities. This paper describes the implementation process and lessons learned from the project.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)875-884
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2013

Keywords

  • Community health center
  • Cultural competence
  • Electronic health records
  • Granular ethnicity
  • Health care disparities
  • Race, ethnicity, and language data

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