AF4Q - ME Race, Ethnicity and Language Initiative
REL Program Contacts
For more information about the Race, Ethnicity and Language Initiative, please contact one of the program managers:
Maureen Clancy, M.S. Community Relations and Grant Specialist Development Office, Mercy Hospital (207)879-3144 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jessica Loney RN, MSN Community Health Education Coordinator Mid Coast Hospital (207) -373-6592 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
To learn about the members of the partnership - you can view or download the list. REL Conference Call on 9-7-11Discussion on communicating to consumers about R/E/L data collection Aligning Forces for Quality will host a call for Alliances, providers and community partners working to standardize race, ethnicity and language (REL) data collection. The call will highlight experiences in Detroit and Maine. Participants will also have the opportunity to share existing resources used to communicate with patients and the broader community about why this data is being collected and how it will be used, and to brainstorm ideas for potential new tools.Read more...
Affordable Care Act to improve data collection, reduce health disparitiesHHS announces new draft standards to improve the monitoring of health data by race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status, and begins planning for the collection of LGBT health data. Read the article...
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Race Ethnicity Language: Leading for Improvement
In the July 28 Nurse Leader Lunch & Learn, leaders from 4 AF4Q Improving Languages Hospitals in Maine talked about the reasons why a focus on race ethnicity and language data collection and improvement is vital to the health and success of our Maine Communities as well as our Maine hospitals. They discussed the nursing role in this effort including information about accessing and documenting interpreter use, and told about practical challenges and useful strategies that hospitals have used in this effort. They provided information on the wealth of resources available to support improvement in providing services for people of all races, ethnicities, and languages. Joint Commission - ResourcesDownload the report "Roadmap for Hospitals":
http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/6/ARoadmapforHospitalsfinalversion727.pdf
Watch the Joint Commission/Office of Civil Rights You Tube video "Improving Patient Communication - Joint Commission Standards and Federal Law" http://youtu.be/5mR0Vk2zHqs
Call to Action by Leading Health Care Groups“Five national health care groups today issued a "call to action" to eliminate disparities in care. "We have seen the headlines that bring attention to the multiple societal factors that affect disparities in care, including environmental and other social determinants," the Association of American Medical Colleges, American College of Healthcare Executives, American Hospital Association, Catholic Health Association of the United States and National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems said.
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