Sample Script for Registration / Admission Staff
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
Hospitals that participated in Expecting Success reported monthly data on 20 cardiac care quality indicators, all analyzed by patient race, ethnicity and language.
Practice Guidelines
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Released in May 2008: Updated Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Tobacco Use
July 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin served as the lead organization in a project to update the U.S. Public Health Service clinical practice guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence.
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care
National Program
Expecting Success was a national program aimed at improving the quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities.
Brief Interventions by Primary Care Physicians Trained in Asthma Management Improve Pediatric Asthma Care
October 6, 2009 | Program Result Report
A research team from the University of Michigan School of Public Health expanded the Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) project, which it had developed in the 1990s.
Making the Smoking Cessation Guideline a Routine Part of Prenatal Care
April 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists spearheaded an effort to establish the U.S. Public Health Service's smoking cessation guideline as a routine part of prenatal care for all pregnant women in the United States.
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care
May 15, 2011 | Program Result Report
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care aimed at improving the overall quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities in 10 participating hospitals from 2004 to 2008.
Collecting Data to Identify Disparities and Measure Heart Care Quality
March 24, 2010 | Story
Duke University Hospital and the health system wanted to improve cardiac care for African-American and Latino populations by identifying and analyzing disparities and developing tools that would better serve them.
Improving Heart Care through Better Data and Communications
March 24, 2010 | Story
A multidisciplinary team redesigned Montefiore Medical Center's patient registration system to collect data on race, ethnicity and preferred language, and developed a procedure to provide faster treatment for heart attack patients.
Combining Better Systems and Intensive Patient Education for Better Heart Care
March 24, 2010 | Story
Del Sol Medical Center improved its patient chart review and discharge processes, and enhanced its heart failure center, with support from Expecting Success.
Who Is Accountable for Racial Equity in Health Care?
February 20, 2008 | Commentary
De facto racial segregation is a widespread characteristic of the U.S. health care system. This commentary reviews the economic circumstances facing health care providers that treat African-American patients. The author describes models for providing assistance to underfunded organizations.