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August 20, 2010 | Story
Physicians may need to change their approach to discharge care for diabetics hospitalized for heart attacks. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar's research finds current practices may place patients at risk.
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Physicians need a method of quantifying the risks and benefits of treatment for patient subgroups (i.e., those with different health profiles). This article describes the development of the Potential for Benefit Scale (PBS), a composite measure of potential treatment response.
National Program
Seek and evaluate promising interventions in health care settings to reduce racial and ethnic disparities.
November 1, 1998 | Program Result
Stanford University School of Medicine adapted MULTIFIT to the care of patients with congestive heart failure, diabetes and hypertension.
December 1, 2011 | Report
This report presents an overview of Finding Answers and highlights some programs that are leading the way toward reducing racial and ethnic disparities in their communities.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article describes work to conduct systematic reviews of the literature, evaluate promising practices, provide technical assistance to health care organizations and disseminate their findings.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
To better understand prostate cancer for minorities, researchers conducted a systematic review of the literature summarizing interventions to improve informed decision-making about prostate cancer detection among minorities, and quality of life among minority prostate cancer survivors.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted a systematic review of the literature to answer the question: “What interventions work best to improve outcomes for minority adult Americans with asthma?”
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Researchers systematically reviewed the medical literature for interventions conducted within health care systems that have the potential to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in the care of colorectal cancer.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted a systematic review of interventions aimed at reducing sexual transmission of HIV among racial minorities in the United States.