HRET Disparities Initiatives*

HRET is currently leading several quality improvement initiatives in addition to collaborating with other organizations to reduce disparities in health care and improve quality of care for vulnerable populations.

A Partnership to ADVANCE Integrating Patient Demographic Data with National Clinical Performance Measures
Funded by: The Commonwealth Fund and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Principal Investigator: Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD
HRET Staff: Debbie Pierce

Linking Race and Ethnicity Data with Inpatient Quality of Care Measures
Funded by:  The Commonwealth Fund
Principal Investigator: Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD
Staff:  Debbie Pierce

Hospital Language Hospital Services Survey
Funded by:  National Health Law Program
Principal Investigator: Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD
Staff:  Debbie Pierce, Cindy Greising, Ray Kang, Samantha Hawkins

Improving Data Collection Of Patients’ Race, Ethnicity, and Language in California
Funded by: California Endowment
Principal Investigator:  David Baker, MD, MPH, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL
HRET Staff:  Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator

Expecting Success
Funded by: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Principal Investigator: Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH George Washington University
HRET Staff:  Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD Deborah Bohr, MPP, Shawn Foster and Debbie Pierce
http://www.expectingsuccess.org/

Patient Centered Communication
Funded by:  the Commonwealth Fund – Part I; and The California Endowment – Part II
Principal Investigator: Matt Wynia, MD, American Medical Association, Institute for Ethics
HRET Staff:  Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD, Debbie Pierce, Mary Pittman, DrPH
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/11929.html

Hospitals, Language and Culture:  A Snapshot of The Nation
Funded by: The California Endowment
Principal Investigator:  Amy Wilson, JCAHO
HRET Staff:  Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD
http://www.jcaho.org/about+us/hlc/


*Please contact the principal investigator directly with any project specific questions.