AHRQ’s Innovations Exchange Focuses on Policies to Reduce Health Care Disparities

The latest issue of AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange features three policy innovations that aim to help reduce health care disparities and ensure that vulnerable populations receive equitable health care. One of the featured profiles describes legislation the State of California passed requiring that continuing medical education (CME) courses include curricula related to cultural and linguistic competence in medical practice. The legislation and accompanying support have been successful in ensuring the inclusion of cultural and linguistic competence in educational offerings and in fostering a deeper understanding of the importance of these competencies among providers of CME services and the clinicians they serve. Select to access more innovation profiles, tools, and resources related to reducing health care disparities.