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NewsAHA pushes for risk-adjusted readmissions for race
The American Hospital Association (AHA) yesterday called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to include race and limited English proficiency to its risk-adjustment methodology for Read more...
Racial treatment disparities persist at VA
Although the Veterans Affairs healthcare system has improved since it was overhauled in the 1990s, a new study concludes treatment disparities between white and black patients still persist, reports Read more...
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 Read more...
H1N1 hospitalization rates higher for non-whites
African-Americans and Hispanics were about twice as likely as whites to be hospitalized for H1N1 during the 2009-10 flu season, according to a new report, Fighting Flu Fatigue, from the non-profit Read more...
Race has impact on doctor-patient communication
Here's another dispatch from what is becoming a daily stream of information that all is not well in medical race relations. This time, it's a study from Johns Hopkins Hospital, which concludes that Read more...
Study: Minorities more likely to have needless vascular surgery
A study appearing in the journal Stroke points out yet another of the seemingly endless list of disparities in care for minorities. This time, it's research concluding that minorities are more likely Read more...
Study: African-Americans with equal care more likely to die of some cancers
Sadly, disparities in both care and outcomes continue to plague ethnic minorities in the U.S. The latest study to confirm this, which appears this week in the Journal of the National Cancer Read more...
| Press ReleasesStatement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Regarding National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7, 2011WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On February 7, the nation will observe the 11th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the first reports of AIDS in Read more >> |
