title: Report on Data Improvement Project on Patient Ethnicity and Race (DIPPER): pilot design and proposed voluntary standard.
abstract: The Hospital Association of Rhode Island, in conjunction with the Rhode Island Cancer Registry, received funding for a special project to improve the validity and reliability of race and ethnicity data in hospital inpatient records. In the past year, five hospitals participated in a pilot to improve race/ethnicity data collection. This paper provides an overview of the design and initial implementation of the pilot, and reports on early feedback. Given that the Affordable Care Act strengthens federal data collection efforts, with a new standard issued which adds granularity, these policies can renew efforts to record more accurate and detailed race and ethnicity data. Improved race and ethnicity data will increase our understanding of the health needs of different racial and ethnic groups and health disparities between groups. Better data improves understanding, increases the likelihood of effective actions to address and monitor disparities, and ensure that every American has the opportunity to live the healthiest life possible.
authors: CER special project manager at the Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI).
authors: Pamela S
authors: PS
authors: Webster
authors: Swathi
authors: S
authors: Sampangi
mesh_terms: D059019:Clinical Coding / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000592:standards; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D010865:Pilot Projects; D044469:Racial Groups; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D012237:Rhode Island; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic; D035141:Voluntary Programs / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: Race/ethnicity; data collection