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Leveling The Field--Ensuring Equity Through National Health Care Reform, Bruce Siegel, Lea Nolan
Leveling The Field--Ensuring Equity Through National Health Care Reform, Bruce Siegel, Lea Nolan
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
Members of minority groups have higher rates of disease, poorer health, and more limited access to care than their white counterparts. They account for half of the uninsured population and 58% of the low-income uninsured population. Even when they have coverage, minority patients are at risk for receiving lower-quality medical and surgical care than white patients. The factors underlying these inequities are complex and go far beyond the health care system,but any meaningful reform must, at a minimum, confront disparities in care. Health care reform provides a unique opportunity to reversea legacy of inequality in health and health care. This …
Health Center Data Warehouses: Opportunities And Challenges For Quality Improvement, A. Seiji Hayashi, Emily Jones, David M. Stevens, Peter Shin, Brad Finnegan, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Health Center Data Warehouses: Opportunities And Challenges For Quality Improvement, A. Seiji Hayashi, Emily Jones, David M. Stevens, Peter Shin, Brad Finnegan, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative
This Policy Research Brief reports on a pilot effort to leverage the growing presence of health center data warehouses to advance health care quality improvement through data sharing and exchange. This project builds on a partnership between the Michigan Primary Care Association and The George Washington University's Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative that centers on developing approaches to using existing health center data for quality improvement.
Financing Community Health Centers As Patient- And Community-Centered Medical Homes: A Primer, Peter Shin, Leighton C. Ku, Emily Jones, Brad Finnegan, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Financing Community Health Centers As Patient- And Community-Centered Medical Homes: A Primer, Peter Shin, Leighton C. Ku, Emily Jones, Brad Finnegan, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
This policy brief is part of a Commonwealth Fund-supported project that examines community health centers in the context of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) movement. Community health centers—non-profit primary care facilities that provide care to patients regardless of their ability to pay—are widely lauded as critical components of the health care safety net, providing comprehensive primary care for lowincome, high-risk populations in both urban and rural areas. Since their inception, health centers have directed their activities at improving patient care—through comprehensive primary health care, coordination with specialty care, and the provision of enabling services—as well as improving population-level health status …