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  1. www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/lepguide/app-e.html
    September 01, 2020 - look at select hospitals and their use of patient race, ethnicity, and language data. … participated in RWJF's Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a program aimed at improving … duplication in the field; coalesce existing efforts into a single national certification program; further … Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations The Office of Minority Health has sponsored the … development of this guide to help health care organizations implement effective language access services
  2. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr16/looking-forward.html
    June 01, 2018 - Health Care System Access and Disparities in Access to Health Care Quality and Disparities in Quality … and affordable care at the national level using the available nationally representative data. … It is a collaborative model of medical education and care management to increase access to specialty … Recently, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities launched a new resource … Policymakers, researchers, and others can use these findings to direct future efforts toward making health
  3. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata5.html
    May 01, 2018 - The aggregate data means CHCs can look at trends across populations and compare outcomes by different … can be stratified by race, ethnicity, and language need and can look at episodes of care and care coordination … , and other services, may be in a strong position to collect race, ethnicity, and language data because … the health of a population and current and future needs for health care services ( Ezzati-Rice and Curtin … from a national standard set A question to determine English-language proficiency A question about
  4. www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-2014-qdr-working-together-to-improve-health-care.html
    November 01, 2016 - Department of Health and Human Services. Nancy. … They cover a broad range of services and settings, so we have hospitals, nursing homes, home health, … In particular, we had a website that focused on state contrasts, so you could look to see how your state … your efforts on particular geographic areas or population in your state, wherein if you have poor quality … I have access to this mailbox and I'll look at it and we'll try to make sure that we answer your questions
  5. www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/reduce-health-disparities.html
    April 01, 2018 - , when I spoke at the Office of Minority Health's observance of National Minority Health Month. … For instance, while disparities in quality and access to care among Blacks and Hispanics declined inand health professionals in their efforts to provide high-quality care for all patients. … We still have a long way to go to eliminate all disparities in health and health care services for minority … disparities and look for ways to reduce them.
  6. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata4c.html
    August 01, 2021 - Improving access to language services in health care: A look at national and state efforts. … Language spoken and differences in health status, access to care, and receipt of preventive services … Executive order 13166 - improving access to services for persons with limited English proficiency. … Language preference as a predictor of access to and use of healthcare services among Hispanics in the … Detailed list of languages spoken at home for the population years and over by state: 2000. http://www.census.gov
  7. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/lepguide/lepguide.pdf
    September 01, 2012 - Improving Access to Interpreter Services At Massachusetts General Hospital, in addition to having in-person … Language access in health care statement of principles. … Improving quality of health care relies on effective language services. … participated in RWJF’s Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a program aimed at improvingLanguage Access Services in Healthcare Organizations • The Office of Minority Health has sponsored
  8. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/lepguide.pdf
    September 01, 2012 - Improving Access to Interpreter Services At Massachusetts General Hospital, in addition to having in-person … Language access in health care statement of principles. … Improving quality of health care relies on effective language services. … participated in RWJF’s Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a program aimed at improvingLanguage Access Services in Healthcare Organizations • The Office of Minority Health has sponsored
  9. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Regenstein_54.pdf
    May 08, 2008 - health status and diminished access to health care are frequent challenges. … Language Services Measures Speaking Together is the first national QI collaborative focusing on improving … Without national benchmarks related to quality of care in language services, the Speaking Together … Racial and ethnic differences in children’s access to care. … How race/ethnicity, immigration status and language affect health insurance coverage, access to care
  10. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/nac/nac-meeting-minutes-2021-nov.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - health services research, increased research in opioids and polysubstance abuse, support to advance … At the end of September, AHRQ’s Ambulatory Care Cohort in the Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … In October, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released AHRQ’s Spanish-language … Schmitz stressed the issues of equity and access to healthcare and a need for data on the detailed provision … use of transportation for access to care.
  11. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pcor/pcortf-strategic-framework.pdf
    June 01, 2023 - With a focus on improving equity in the health system, AHRQ intends to focus its capacity-building efforts … AHRQ will evaluate the efforts at both the state and national levels to share lessons learned and best … and language to describe what health equity means in the context of health systems, and what it means … Federal, national, state, and local levels to align and coordinate its PCORTF efforts. … Appendices Appendix A: Glossary Access: The timely use of personal health services to achieve the
  12. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/2016-cms-agency-specific-plan.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - populations; monitor health status, health care, and health policies at the national, state, local, … Improving access to essential services requires three forms of innovation: (1) technological, to ensure … services aimed at managing and improving care at the local level • Expanded use of person experience … prevention and treatment; • Improving access to coordinated services so that prevention-focused health … focus new initiatives on improving access to utilization of preventive services in low-income and minority
  13. www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/lepguide/exec-summary.html
    September 01, 2020 - , speak a language other than English at home. … Confused by having performed a carpal-tunnel release operation immediately prior and in a state of agitation … Helping patients gain access to English as a second language (ESL) courses is one step. 27 However, … The National Council on Interpreting in Health Care and the International Medical Interpreters Association … have developed national certification standards to guide the design of services, processes, and programs
  14. www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2021-ahrq-year-in-review.html
    January 01, 2022 - through health services research; to develop, test, and disseminate resources and tools to put new evidence … our achievements: In FY 2021, AHRQ awarded about $116.7 million in health services research grants … Following the lead of the Biden-Harris administration and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS … In October, AHRQ launched a free Spanish-language version of our QuestionBuilder app to help Hispanic … , State, and local levels.
  15. www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/cooperatives/virginia.html
    March 01, 2021 - that provide a variety of quality improvement services typically not available to small primary care … access to care and effectiveness of care for cardiovascular disease (CVD). 4 , 5   Specific Aims … for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Quality Forum (NQF). … made presentations at several national conferences as well as produced a webinar. … [National Academy for State Health Policy, 2017] Presentations: Association Between Practice Ownership
  16. www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/lepguide/chapter1.html
    September 01, 2020 - safety efforts are now a central component of efforts to improve the quality of care for all patients … With the passage of health care reform and an additional 32 million uninsured Americans having access … , or are not proficient in the patient's and clinicians' languages. … of language interpreting and translating services. … Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  17. www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/about/cooperatives/virginia.html
    September 01, 2018 - that provide a variety of quality improvement services typically not available to small primary care … United States as a whole, Virginia experiences racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in access to … for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Quality Forum (NQF). … made presentations at several national conferences as well as produced a webinar. … National Academy for State Health Policy, 2017] Presentations: Association Between Practice Ownership
  18. www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/national_pcep_meeting_white_paper.docx
    May 05, 2014 - , state, and national level. … look like? … community health workers (thus providing employment opportunities as well as improving access to care … Webinar hosted by the National Academy for State Health Policy held on May 5, 2014. 6. … National Academy for State Health Policy Briefing. June 2012. 9. Mold JW.
  19. www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata2.html
    May 01, 2018 - general health status, access to health care, and utilization rates of services among these larger population … are differential health needs and disparities in access to and use of appropriate health services. … Disparities in health care (e.g., in access, in the rate at which a treatment is provided when indicated … Or a hospital could look at the characteristics of patients who did not receive care according to evidenced-based … Access to Health Care Services Shah and Carrasquillo ( 2006 ) used cross-sectional analyses of the
  20. www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-federal-agency-alignment-to-the-six-priorities.html
    November 01, 2016 - The National Quality Strategy is a framework to improve the delivery of health care services, patient … We're also funding a 5-year program called State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes … Each year we do a survey of about 40,000 employees to look at the prevalence of tobacco use. … Briss told you about earlier, but improving access to care. … up there beyond CDC and OPM for you to take a look at.

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