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November 24, 2010 | Program Result Report
Staff at the Prevention Institute developed the Web-based Health Equity and Prevention Primer, which trains public health practitioners to advocate for public policies that reverse the environmental causes of health disparities.
February 18, 2010 | Program Result Report
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine tested whether using hand-held computers to answer questions about their health status and the reason for their current visit empowered African-American patients to take a more active role in their health care.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The RAND Corporation synthesized and disseminated information on effective community interventions to address racial and ethnic disparities in six health areas.
April 1, 2012 | Report
Since the inaugural report of Health Information Technology in the United States, released in 2006, the authors have found slow, steady increases in the level of adoption for physicians and hospitals throughout the United States.
April 1, 2012 | Report
Since the inaugural report of Health Information Technology in the United States, released in 2006, the authors have found slow, steady increases in the level of adoption for physicians and hospitals throughout the United States.
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Small, nonteaching, and rural hospitals continue to adopt electronic health record systems more slowly than other types of hospitals.
April 25, 2012 | Commentary
This editorial discusses challenges to seamless flow of clinical data across health care settings. In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was created to promote the meaningful use of health information technology.
August 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Public Health, and Mathematica Policy Research produced reports and journal articles on the adoption and use of electronic health record systems among physicians and hospitals.
February 14, 2012 | Story
A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.
January 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.