Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations:

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B-1 Collecting data on diverse communities: Challenges and successes from health plans, hospitals, and health departments

Panelists will represent a cross-section of organizations that have successfully implemented the collection of patients’ race, ethnicity and language. Panelists will share successes and challenges they experienced throughout the implementation process. The roundtable format will allow for extensive Q&A from participants.
Monday, September 22, 2008: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4th Floor - Deer/Elk (Minneapolis Marriott City Center)
Moderator:
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, MA
A comprehensive approach to a successful data driven refugee health program, Minnesota Department of Health
Blain Mamo, MPH, Minnesota Department of Health
Toward Equity: One Integrated Healthcare Organization's Approach to Disparity Reduction
Beth Heinz, MSW, MHA, HealthPartners
Health Plans' Collection and Use of Race, Ethnicity, Primary Language Data for Quality Improvement
Rita Carreon, America's Health Insurance Plans
Population Information System (SIP): A powerful population database
Alfonso Bataller, MD, Valencia University
Center for Urban Health at HCMC
Yiscah Bracha, MS, Center for Urban Health
Collecting and Using Race, Ethnicity and Language Information in Health Care Clinics - Lessons Learned from the Minnesota Health Care Disparities Task Force
Vicki Kunerth, RN, MSPH, State of Minnesota
Using Race and Ethnicity Data to Assure Quality Care
Sarah Rafton, MSW, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
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