NCQA Multicultural Health Care Standards

NCQA Multicultural Health Care Standards
Your Voice is hosting its 6th free Webinar on Thursday, April 1, 2010, 1:00PM – 2:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time

The National Committee for Quality Assurance, which accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations, will release its long-awaited Multicultural Health Care Standards on March 29, 2010. The standards pertain to:

Data collection of race/ethnicity and language

Language services such as translation of written documents and oral interpretation
Practitioner network cultural responsiveness

Accountability and quality improvement, including using data to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS)

This Webinar will will go over what health care organizations are already doing, and what changes will be needed to meet the standards today and as they evolve. Presenters include:
Jessica Briefer French, MHSA, Senior Consultant for Research, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Ellen Wu, MPH, Executive Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Kathryn L. Coltin, MPH, Director, External Quality Data Initiatives, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

For more details, visit www.diversityRxconference.org/Webinar6.

To register for this free webinar, go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/617632675