Brookings Conference on Addressing Health Care Disparities Mar 25
March 25 2010
Objectives
This conference will bring together multiple stakeholders to advance strategies for improved data collection, integration, and utilization activities, as well as disparities measurement, to promote health care equity. Specifically, this conference will:
Identify tested best-practices relative to collecting and reporting race/ethnicity and primary language identifiers through various modes
Identify practical, consensus-driven, steps to measure and utilize race/ethnicity and primary language data to improve quality of care
The conference will take place over a one-day session, and will be followed by a half-day session, during which a working group will convene to produce a summary of findings and recommendations for the Quality Alliance Steering Committee (QASC) and other key organizations. During the conference, participants will attend two plenary sessions, which will address the two main goals of the Racial/Ethnic Health Care Equity Initiative (REHEI) – a) strategies for improved data collection and reporting, and b) strategies for utilizing equity data to improve health care quality. These sessions will be separated by a series of breakout sessions that will be relevant to various stakeholders.
Conference attendees will represent a diverse range of stakeholders at the local, state, regional, and federal levels who will have an interest in advancing consensus-driven approaches to collecting, reporting and utilizing data to achieve health care equity. Leaders from various organizations will be invited to participate, including:
Congressional staff;
Advocacy and consumer groups;
Data users;
Researchers;
Hospital, health plan, and community health center leadership;
Employers
QASC members and working groups
Local, state and federal officials
Foundations
Medical, nursing, public health schools, those teaching the future health care providers
Background Materials
Each panelist at the conference will prepare PowerPoint and/or working papers that outline their talking points. These materials will be made available on the QASC website.
Conference Location
The conference is being held at the National Press Club, which is located at 529 14th Street, NW,
Washington, DC, 20045, at the intersection of 14th and F streets, NW. A map and directions to the National
Press Club from various locations may be found at: http://npc.press.org/abouttheclub/maps.cfm.
The National Press Club is located only two blocks from the Metro Center metro stop, which is a stop for
Orange, Red and Blue metro lines. Some attendees who wish to save money on accommodations might find
it more economical to stay farther away from the Press Club and take the metro. An interactive map of the
entire Metrorail system that you can zoom in and out may be found at:
http://www.wmata.com/maps/metrorail_street_map.cfm.
