A Practical Guide for Implementing the Digital Healthcare Equity Framework

https://digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/digital-healthcare-equity/digital-healthcare-equity-framework-and-guide A new AHRQ Views blog post highlights an important addition to the agency’s digital healthcare resources: Digital Healthcare Equity Framework: A Practical Guide for Implementation. The guide, released during National Minority Health Awareness Month, further advances AHRQ’s aim to advance equity via digital healthcare technologies and solutions. In the last 10 years, AHRQ has invested more than $89 million across 153 research projects focused on reducing healthcare disparities. Last November, AHRQ experts presented a research and action agenda for health services research to advance equity in care. AHRQ’s new guide for creating and using digital healthcare technologies and solutions to advance equity has been included among the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Equity in Action resources. Access the blog post authored by AHRQ Director Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.; AHRQ Senior Advisor Kevin Chaney, M.G.S.; and NCQA Director of Health Equity Initiatives Bryan O. Buckley, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., M.B.A. AHRQ and Health Equity https://www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/health-equity/index.html Advancing health equity-Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality research and action agenda https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.14230 Resources to Support Equity Action The resources below include tools, best practices and foundational references that can help inform organizational efforts to put equity into practice. https://www.ncqa.org/health-equity/resources-to-support-equity-action/ Getting Intentional About Equity: New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies APR 16 2024 By Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A., Kevin Chaney, M.G.S., and Bryan O. Buckley, Dr.PH, M.P.H., M.B.A. https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/intentional-about-equity.html