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Welcome

Welcome to The Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) website, and thank you for your interest in our work. The DSC is dedicated to the development and implementation of strategies that advance policy and practice to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Our goal is to move beyond research and begin to take action—by developing and disseminating models for identifying and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care nationally, regionally, and locally. Through our work, we hope to move all healthcare stakeholders one step forward – and closer to eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare.

Composed of a multidisciplinary group of health policy experts, health services researchers and physicians, the DSC opened in July of 2005 with initial funding from Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare System. It is housed within the MGH Institute for Health Policy and affiliated with MGH and Harvard Medical School’s Department of Medicine.

For more information on how the DSC is working to assure equitable, high quality health care for all, please browse through our website. Thank you.

 

Recent Updates

Upcoming Events sponsored by the DSC -The Disparities Solutions Center will be hosting the next event in the RWJF-sponsored web seminar series on May 22, 2008 and the inaugural event in our Looking Back series on June 4, 2008. Mark your calendars and click here to learn more!

New Publication from The Joint Commission - The Joint Commission’s Hospitals, Language, and Culture (HLC) study is issuing a new research report, One Size Does Not Fit All: Meeting the Health Care Needs of Diverse Populations. This report provides a framework to help organizations meet the challenges of providing safe, quality care to culturally and/or linguistically diverse patients. Download a free copy today!

Creating Equity Reports: A Guide for Hospitals NOW Available - This guide is a resource that can help your staff develop an equity report. It includes practical information on how to collect and use data to develop an equity report that will allow your hospital to take action...
Read more about this Guide, which is free and available to the public.

RFA Now Available - The Disparities Leadership Program 2008-2009 - The Disparities Solutions Center is proud to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 Disparities Leadership Program. This year-long executive education program was created to empower leaders with tools and skills to address racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. Read more about the DLP or download an application. Click here to listen to testimonials from panelists and participants.

RFA Now Available - The Aetna/DSC Healthcare Disparities Fellowship
We are now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 Fellowship year. Read more about this opportunity or download an application.

"Heads Up" Campaign Launched - The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) recently launched “Heads Up!,” an innovative awareness campaign aimed at reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Dr. Alexander Green and the Disparities Solutions Center provided consultation and input on the awareness campaign. Read the full press release or learn more about the campaign.

Study Shows Implicit Bias Among Physicians in Emergency Rooms - Dr. Alexander R. Green, Senior Faculty of the Disparities Solutions Center, recently released a study entitled, "Implicit Bias among Physicians and its Prediction of Thrombolysis Decisions for Black and White Patients." To read more about this study, please click here.