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2008 Medical Leadership Program
2008 NAPH Fellows Program
2008 Safety Net Awards Recipients
2008 Calendar of Events
Conference Call Materials
The Safety Net Magazine Fall 2008. The new issue of The Safety Net Magazine focuses on "Quality and Transparency in Public Hospitals," covering such topics as value-based purchasing, patient satisfaction, and safety. Features showcase member efforts to improve quality and achieve transparency, noting several award-winning initiatives. Many leading experts contributed to this issue, including the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, National Quality Forum, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the American Medical Association. Email kross@naph.org for printed copies.
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Achieving healthcare equity is a daunting challenge for any hospital or healthcare system. Constrained hospital budgets, insufficient staffing, technology gaps, and the absence of patient data are critical barriers. This Blueprint offers all U.S. hospitals and providers strategies to address racial and ethnic healthcare disparities through interventions that can be tailored to the individual hospital setting. It is a comprehensive listing of approaches that both hospital leaders and providers can implement on a piecemeal basis to achieve healthcare equity and to sustain this effort over time.