Health IT Could Reduce Health Care Disparities, Report Finds
Health information technology could help reduce disparities in care among ethnic and racial minorities, according to a report released Thursday at a White House Summit hosted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS' Office of Minority Health and the not-for-profit organization ZeroDivide. The report stated that health IT systems could facilitate the collection and analysis of demographic data, which could help health care providers identify disparities and ensure that they have culturally and linguistically appropriate clinical staff and services.
- "IT Helps Combat Health Care Disparities" (Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 2/21).