The following is a select list of resources at the nexus of health care disparities, cardiovascular care, quality improvement, community-based health care, and the collection of patients’ race, ethnicity and language data. These resources serve as a primer to issues related to the Expecting Success program. Inclusion of a resource does not imply endorsement by The George Washington University, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation or the Expecting Success National Program Office.

• Disparities in Health Care
• Cardiovascular Care
• Quality Improvement
• Collection of Race, Ethnicity and Primary Language Data
• Community-based Health Care

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Disparities in Health Care

2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2006)

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (Executive Summary)

Institute of Medicine (2003)

Key Facts; Race, Ethnicity & Medical Care

The Kaiser Family Foundation (June 2003)

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Cardiovascular Care

ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with ST-Elevation and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (47)1;236-65. (2006)

To access the article, visit the ACC web site; Click on Clinical Statements/Guidelines; Click on the Search Statements by Topic A-Z; Click on “M” or page down to “Myocardial Infarction”; Click on the link to the article.

ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with Chronic Heart Failure

American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (46) 6;1144-78. (2005)

To access the article, visit the ACC web site; Click on Clinical Statements/Guidelines; Use the pull down menu for topics and select “Performance Measures”; Click on the link to the article.

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Cardiac Care: The Weight of the Evidence

The Kaiser Family Foundation, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (October 2002)

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Quality Improvement

A Rapid-Cycle Collaborative Model to Promote Guidelines for Acute Myocardial Infarction

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. 29(9); 468-78. (September 2003)

To access the article, visit the ACC web site; Click on Guidelines Applied in Practice; Click on the Gap logo for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Michigan; Scroll down and click on the link to “A Rapid Cycle Collaborative Model to Promote Guidelines for Acute Myocardial Infarction".

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Collection of Race, Ethnicity and Primary Language Data

Race, Ethnicity, and Language of Patients; Hospital Practices Regarding Collection of Information to Address Disparities in Health Care

National Public Health and Hospital Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2006)

Patients’ Attitudes Toward Health Care Providers Collecting Information About their Race and Ethnicity

The Commonwealth Fund (2005)

Collecting Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Data: Tools to Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Health Care Disparities - Issue Brief

Health Research and Educational Trust (2005)

Who, When, and How: The Current State of Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language Data Collection in Hospitals

Health Research and Education Trust and The Commonwealth Fund (May 2004)

A Toolkit for Collecting Race, Ethnicity and Primary Language Information from Patients

Health Research and Educational Trust

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Community-based Health Care

Excellence Centers to Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities (EXCEED)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2000-2005)

Addressing Health Disparities in Community Settings

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2002)

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