Improving federal data collection standards on race and ethnicity will be far from sufficient for equipping the health sector to meaningfully address health inequities. Based on interviews with more ...
At every stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, national reporting of racial and ethnic disparities in Covid-19 testing, diagnosis, disease severity, treatment, and vaccination by clinicians, public health ...
While the formal definitions of these categories have been changed slightly, the 2024 version of SPD 15 requires the collection of demographic data on these same categories. The most critical change ...
American Indians and Alaska Natives are a small group relative to the U.S. population. They’re more likely to live in remote parts of the country and can be difficult to reach with traditional survey ...
Dermatology is a hot space in digital health. Even Google is creating tools to help patients find answers to dermatological questions. However, there are still many questions about how artificial ...
Race, ethnicity, and language (REL) data can be used to identify and intervene on urgent population health priorities. State-based, multistakeholder approaches can improve REL data collection, ...
A new report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of HHS suggests the accuracy of Medicare’s race and ethnicity data will only diminish over time, unless changes are implemented. Major ...
There are known racial and ethnic disparities for COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, but the COVID-19 data at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has key gaps in terms of race and ...
From accrediting organizations to payers, stakeholders seek often-illusive intel on healthcare's most vulnerable populations. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced its new ...