title: Implementing Institute of Medicine recommendations on collection of patient race, ethnicity, and language data in a community health center.
abstract: The Institute for Family Health is one of the first health care organizations to implement the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations on collection of patient race, ethnicity, and language data as a means of identifying and addressing health disparities. This paper describes the implementation process and lessons learned from the project.
authors.affiliation: Mid- Hudson Family Practice Residency Program of the Institute for Family Health, USA. gwilson@institute2000.org
authors.forename: Geniene
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasnain-Wynia
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Calman
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007802:Language; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*