Cultural Competency in the News





10/19/2009 Mandating cultural competency: Should physicians be required to take courses?
3/09-4/09 Closing the Gap: AHIP's Addressing Disparities in Health Initiative
2/5/2009 Physician Cultural Competence and Patient Ratings of the Patient-Physician Relationship
12/16/2008 The COA360: a tool for assessing the cultural competency of healthcare organizations.
11/10/2008 URAC selected CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield as a finalist for the Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards competition for their "Cultural Excellence Training."
6/10/2008 Culture-Based Care | Physicians' Failure To Address Cultural Needs of Patients Leads to Racial Health Care Disparities, According to Study
6/01/2008 Physician's News Digest: Cultural competency for patient-centered care: Interview with Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H.
5/20/2008 Racial, ethnic disparities: Use patient-centered care, not stereotypes
7/20/2007 Tests of ER trainees find signs of race bias in care
9/13/2006 Ten Health Plans Recognized by NCQA for Bridging Cultural And Linguistic Divides in Health Care
7/18/2006 The Patient-Based Approach as taught in Quality Interactions is now featured in UpToDate - an on-line, evidence-based, resource used extensively by physicians.
10/6/2005 NCLR Welcomes Passage of Cultural and Linguistic Competency Training Bill For Physicians In California
6/1/2005 New Jersey Mandates Cultural-Competency Training
4/1/2005 LITERATURE UPDATE: Minority Mistrust for the Healthcare System: Does Health Plan Matter?
1/1/2005 LITERATURE UPDATE: Journal Health Affairs publishes special issue devoted to racial/ethnic disparities — several articles link between cultural and linguistic competence to quality of care
10/1/2004 LITERATURE UPDATE: Study highlights link between cultural competence and quality of care in asthma
7/1/2004 LITERATURE UPDATE: Study highlights Barriers and Facilitators to Adherence
4/1/2004 LITERATURE UPDATE: Why don't more African-Americans on Dialysis Get Kidney Transplants?
1/1/2004 LITERATURE UPDATE: Cultural Competence Linked to Improved Patient Ratings of Care
 

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