Equity of Care Releases Case Study Guide on Improving Health Disparities

The non-profit organization Equity of Care has published a case study guide outlining hospitals’ successes in improving health disparities, according to an AHA News Now report.

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The guide, titled “Eliminating Health Care Disparities: Implementing the National Call to Action Using Lessons Learned,” examines how nine healthcare organizations successfully improved health disparities in one of the three ways:

•    Boosted collection of race, ethnicity and language preference data
•    Increased cultural competency training for clinicians and support staff
•    Fostered diversity in governance and management

To view the guide in full, click here.

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