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.
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Interventions to Improve Parental Communication About Sex
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Adolescents can benefit from a parent talking to them about sex parents can learn better ways to communicate.
National Medical Association Promotes Smoking-Cessation Guidelines to Its Members
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
The National Medical Association engaged African-American clinicians in training others to follow a clinical practice guideline on smoking cessation and in disseminating and implementing the guideline, Smoking Cessation, Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 18.
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care
May 15, 2011 | Program Result
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.
Race/Ethnicity and Patient Confidence to Self-Manage Cardiovascular Disease
September 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study examines associations between race/ethnicity and other characteristics that determine confidence levels related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) self management. Minority cardiac patients have lower levels of confidence in their ability to self-manage CVD than white patients.
Specialist Care May be Key to Reducing Hospitalizations for Kids with Asthma Enrolled in Medicaid
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
Georgetown University studied the extent to which care provided to children with asthma in different Medicaid settings follows national guidelines for appropriate asthma care.