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Racial Disparities
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ACOs could widen racial care delivery gap
While the creation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) could lead to improved quality of care and cost savings, they also could create networks that exclude minorities and further widen
Cardiac program helps alleviate racial disparities in care, study shows
Hospitals have improved access to appropriate care and reduced mortality for Hispanic and African-American cardiac failure patients, according to a study published this week in the American Heart
Older blacks face higher chance of readmission than other races
Race and location of care feed into racial disparities in readmission rates, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, HealthDay News reports. After
Qualms about health system lead black men to delay checkups
Black males delay routine checkups, because they are wary of the healthcare system, according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. This distrust is especially apparent among older
HHS agenda looks to IT for self-management, patient engagement
HHS' newest 10-year health goals for the country, Healthy People 2020, focus on prevention, shared decisionmaking between patients and providers, personalized self-management of health conditions
ER triage decisions delay care for blacks, Hispanics
Black Americans and Hispanics who show up at emergency rooms with chest pain are less likely than whites to get the care they need, despite displaying the same symptoms, according to a study
Blacks, women experience pain medication disparities, study finds
Blacks are prescribed fewer pain medications and women receive weaker dosages of chronic pain meds, concludes a study published in the August issue of Journal of Pain. Changes to such disparities
IT resistance by high-volume Medicaid providers could increase care disparities, HIT Policy Committee told
IT is supposed to help lessen healthcare disparities, but if Medicaid-dependent clinics don't adopt EMRs and other health IT, disparities between rich and poor could widen, one advocacy organization
Better communication needed to address racial disparities in lung-cancer care
To add to the pile of research citing racial disparities in healthcare, a new study examining surgery for stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer reveals that only 55 percent of black patients
Meaningful use and health disparities
As HHS officials race to finalize 2011 regulations for meaningful use of health IT, the advisory Health IT Policy Committee has been pondering how to use health IT to reduce racial and ethnic
