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Watch the Video, Earn the Credits

Learn how to improve care transitions and prevent avoidable hospital readmissions, and pick up nursing and medical education con-ed credits.

“It’s a Lil’ Colored Girl to See You.”

"We often see the benefits of diversity as being for minorities," Angela Amar writes. "We seldom see that the majority benefits as well."

Commission to Build a Healthier America Public Meeting

Join the Commission on June 19, 2013 for a public meeting to raise awareness of how non-medical factors influence health and move public- an...

Commission to Build a Healthier America

The reconvened Commission to Build a Healthier America will provide new guidance in two key areas: early childhood and healthy communities.

Equity in Health Care Isn’t Possible Without Equity in Health Professions

Racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in all of the health professions and women—especially women of color—are underrepresented ...

Cultural Competency Matters

By “practicing” with medical simulation and by interacting with culturally diverse standardized patients, students and residents can develop...

Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities

While the need to address disparities in care is well known, few strategies for reducing disparities have been studied systematically.

Care About Your Care

A national conversation highlighting efforts to improve care transitions, reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, and lift overall quality o...

Pioneering Ideas Blog

Team members, grantees, and guests discuss breakthrough ideas that will allow us to move toward solving challenges in health care.

Transforming Nursing Education to Meet Emerging Health Care Needs

Judith Halstead, president of the National League for Nursing, writes about the role of nursing education in realizing a transformed health ...

Influencing Cultural Norms Through Social Networks Could Improve Mental Health

Pioneer Program Officer Lori Melichar discusses using social network insights to solve perplexing health and health care problems.

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