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What follows are several articles that describe the vital
role ethnic physicians play in addressing health issues
and health disparities, reports from the CMA Foundation
Ethnic Physician Organization Summits and materials on
cultural competency.
 NEPO E-Newsletters 2010
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NEPO E-Newsletters 2009
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NEPO Strategic Plan 2006 - 2010
The NEPO Strategic Plan 2006 - 2010 serves as a roadmap for implementing the vision, mission, and goals of the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations. It also outlines a long-term plan of action to address how NEPO will impact critical health issues facing ethnic communities.
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The Private Physician Practice Safety-Net: Meeting the Needs of Underserved Communities Fact Sheet
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Health Information Technology Resource
The 2009 federal economic stimulus package includes $19 billion for health information technology (HIT), the vast majority of which will be directed to physicians to subsidize the purchase and usage of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. Beginning in 2011, qualifying Medicare providers stand to receive up to $44,000 under the program; qualifying Medi-Cal providers stand to receive as much as $65,000. These funds are predicated on physicians using EHRs, so practices and groups that already have purchased EHR systems can also qualify for funds.
For more information, please check out the Health Information Technology Resource Center site hosted by CMA:
http://www.cmanet.org/hit/
Possibilities: The Role of E.H.R. in Improving Health Care Quality to Underserved Populations
Dr. Elliot Wong, Physician Lead of the E.H.R. Project with Sac-Sierra Region-Sutter Health presented and discussed the complexity of Health Information Technology and the benefits of using the technology in ethnic communities with legislative staffers at the Legislative Briefing co-hosted by NEPO and California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) at the State Capitol on March 20, 2009.
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Access
to Care & Insurance
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Finding Health
Care Coverage in California |
| This booklet offers information about
eligibility for low cost insurance for individuals, families and
small businesses. It may be used to accompany California Uninsured Help Line
services. An income worksheet is provided to determine eligibility for
programs, as well as a listing of available programs. It is available in
English and Spanish.
English
Spanish |
| California Health Care
Options Matrix |
| A matrix of health care coverage
options for small business owners, individuals and families. It
includes monthly income guidelines for coverage and a listing of
other sources for information about health coverage. It is available
in both English and Spanish.
English
Spanish |
| Fulfilling
the Promise: A Roadmap for Meeting the Health Care Needs
of the South Los Angeles Community. |
| This report was released
on March 30, 2005 by the Steering Committee on the Future
of King/Drew Medical Center. It offers recommendations
on how both the County of Los Angeles and Drew University
can work together to ensure that the King/Drew Medical
Center can achieve its mission of meeting the health care
needs of south Los Angeles.
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| Policy
Implications of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Managed
Care v. Fee-for-Service Utilization Disparities In California. |
| The California Pan-Ethnic
Health Network finds that most racial/ethnic groups are
more likely to have a usual source of care in managed
care than FFS; however, they are also more likely to report
an ER visit.
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| Trends
in Health Insurance Coverage and Access Among Black, Latino
and White Americans, 2001-2003. |
| The Center for Studying Health
System Change finds that the gap in the proportion of
uninsured Latinos, black and white Americans persists
and that employer-sponsored health insurance has declined.
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to view
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Cultural
Competence & Language Access
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HMO Quality of Care Report Card - Services in Other Languages. |
| State of California, Office
of the Patient Advocate
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to view
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| Addressing Language Access Issues in Your Practice |
| This toolkit was created by the California Academy of Family Physicians
for physicians and their staff.
Click
to view toolkit (732 KB)
Click
to view Evaluation & CME Request (55 KB)
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| Compendium
of Cultural Competence Initiatives in Healthcare - Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2003 |
This extensive compendium is a first attempt
by the Kaiser Family Foundation to describe cultural competency
and cross cultural education in a single document. It was
prepared in response to the many requests received from
the media and others to define cultural competency and identify
efforts underway in this emerging field.
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to download PDF File (440 kb)
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| Cultural
Competence: An Essential Ingredient for Quality, Access
and Elimination of Disparities. PowerPoint Presentation
developed by HRSA Bureau of Primary Care |
| Provides data on ethnicity
of patient groups and for various health conditions as
well as an overview of cultural competence and how this
can be used as a tool for quality improvement in healthcare.
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to download the Power Point Presentation
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| Disparities
in Patient Experiences, Health Care Processes, and Outcomes:
The Role of Patient-Provider Racial, Ethnic, and Language
Concordance. The Commonwealth Fund, July 2004. |
| By Lisa A. Cooper and Neil
R. Powe
There is higher patient satisfaction and better health
care processes when the race/ethnicity of the physician
is the same as the patient's (race concordance).
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to download PDF File (256kb)
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| Patient
education materials in Asian Languages |
| Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian,
Thai, and Vietnamese
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| Toward
Equal Access: Eliminating Language Barriers from Federal
Programs. |
| U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
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Disparities,
Racial & Ethnic
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| Health
Disparities Experienced by Hispanics - United States.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, October 15 2004 |
| This MMWR focuses on racial/ethnic
health disparities experience by the Hispanic population.
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| U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality |
| The National Healthcare Disparities
Report (NHDR) tracks disparities in both quality and access to health care in the United States for both the general population and for AHRQ's congressionally designated priority populations.
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to view
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| Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare in California. Office
of Statewide Health Planning and Development. |
| A great source of statistics
on disparities in California.
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to view (PDF)
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Diversity
of the Health Care Work Force
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| Increasing
Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Physicians: An Intervention
to Address Health Disparities? |
| By David Carlisle, MD, Director,
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, State
of California,
Diana Tisnado, UCLA School of Public Health and Raynard
Kington, Associate Director for NIH for Behavioral and
Social Sciences Research
Describes the role and importance ethnic physicians play
in addressing health issues and health disparities.
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to download PDF File (174 kb) |
| Is There
A Doctor in the House? An Examination of the Physician
Workforce in California Over the Past 25 Years. Petris
Center, U.C. Berkeley, June 2004. |
| By T.T. Brown
Addresses vital issues such as whether the state has a
sufficient number of physicians, whether physicians are
adequately distributed with respect to specialty and geographic
location, the extent to which they are meeting the needs
of the state’s racially/ethnically diverse population,
and the growing importance of nurse practitioners and
physician assistants.
Click to download (DOC 35 KB)
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| Missing
Persons: Minorities in the Health Profession. The Sullivan
Commission, September 2004 |
| The report incorporates
the Commission's findings from the field hearings it held
across the country (including L.A.) along with several
studies the Commission had commissioned.
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(PDF)
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| More
Apply to U.S. Medical Schools - Minority Enrollment Increases
After Downturn in 2003. The Association of American Medical
Colleges , October 20 2004 |
| The Association of American
Medical Colleges reports Black and Hispanic applicants
to U.S. medical schools increased 2.3 and 2.5 % respectively.
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Cancer
& Cancer Screening
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| National
Organizations That Offer Services to People with Cancer
and Their Families. |
| National Cancer Institute
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to view
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Health
Literacy
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| American
Medical Association Foundation |
| This site provides an overview
of the tools and resources available through the AMA for
to raise awareness among healthcare providers about health
literacy.
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8115.html
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| California
Health Literacy Initiative |
| This website has a comprehensive
health literacy resource for both heatlhcare providers
and others working to address health literacy.
http://cahealthliteracy.org/index.html
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| Clear
Health Communication Initiative - Pfizer, Inc. |
| This site provides an overview
of the importance of health literacy for healthcare providers,
resources, training opportunities and studies about the
impact of health literacy on healthcare outcomes.
www.pfizerHealthliteracy.com
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| HRSA
Health Literacy |
| A number of links and resources
found on this site, provided by The Center for Quality.
Resources include fact sheets, health outcomes information
and health literacy bibliography.
www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/
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| Institute
of Medicine |
| A summary describing the
IOM health literacy report - Health Literacy: A Prescription
to End Confusion, released in April 2004.
IOM Health Literacy
Report - Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion
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| Literacy
and Health Outcomes, January 2004 |
| Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality.
Click here to view (PDF)
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| Strategies
to Improve Patient Education Materials |
| Center for Health Care Strategies,
Inc.
Click here to view (PDF)
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| Health
Literacy & the Prescription Drug Experience - The Frontline
Perspective from Patients, Physicians and Pharmacists,
September 2002 |
| Prepared for Pfizer Inc,
by RoperASW.
Click here to view (PDF)
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| Pfizer
Clear Health Communication Initiative |
| Pfizer Inc.
Click here to view (PDF)
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