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Quality Interactions Press Releases
6/2/2008 Dr. Joseph Betancourt has been awarded the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award by the Harvard Medical School Graduating Class of 2008 for his outstanding contributions.
3/30/2008 When Cultures Collide with Medical Care - Hospitals Play Important Role in Addressing Cultural Competency
11/17/2006 Aetna Launches Tools to Improve Cross-cultural Awareness, Communication Among Health Care Providers
9/28/2005 NPR News: Fostering Patient-Provider Relationships. Live discussion between Dr. Betancourt and physicians successfully trained by Quality Interactions
6/22/2005 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Offers New Program to Promote Cultural Competence
4/6/2005 Solution for NJ Physicians Now Needing Cultural Competency for Licensure
5/5/2004 New E-Learning Program Trains Physicians and Nurses in Cross-Cultural Health Care


Cultural Competence in the News
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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