Advancing Health Equity
What is Health Equity?
The attainment of the highest level of health for all people, where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their optimal health regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, preferred language or other factors that affect access to care and health outcomes.¹
Why is Advancing Health Equity Important?
Providing equitable care means considering a person’s circumstances, culture, and beliefs so services can be delivered to allow people to achieve optimal health. If all aspects of a person’s life are not considered amidst their overall health, they may experience health disparities resulting in worse outcomes and thus a poorer quality of life. Health disparities are not just harmful, but expensive.
- Access the Continuing the Conversations Health Equity Webinar Series
- Complete the Great Plains QIN CLAS Standards Checklist and Action Plan
South Dakota Resources
Data Resources
Tools & Trainings to Identify and Address Health Disparities
AHRQ Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
AHRQ TeamSTEPPS Enhancing Safety for Patients With Limited English Proficiency Module
AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Trainings from Organizations Other Than the CDC
CMS Training for F699 Trauma Informed Care and F656 Comprehensive Care Plans
CMS Disparities Impact Statement
CMS Framework for Advancing Health Care in Rural, Tribal, and Geographically Isolated Communities
CMS Guide to Developing a Language Access Plan
CMS Providing Language Services to Diverse Populations: Lessons from the Field
CMS Achieving Health Equity (Medicare Learning Network Training)
CMS Modernizing Healthcare to Improve Physical Accessibility (Medicare Learning Network Training)
CMS Improving Health Care Quality for LGBTQ People (Medicare Learning Network Training)
Diverse Elders Resource for Providers: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Family Caregivers
IHI Achieving Health Equity: A Guide for Health Care Organizations
IHI How to Reduce Implicit Bias
Harvard University – Project Implicit
PBS Video Trainings
Implicit Bias: Peanut Butter, Jelly and Racism
American Denial: Implicit Bias Test
Implicit Bias: High Heels, Violins and a Warning
Implicit Bias: Check Our Bias to Wreck Our Bias
Tools for Communities, Patients & Families
National CLAS Standards Resources
⇒ CLAS Standards: One Standard at a Time | Great Plains QIN
AHRQ Tools to Promote CLAS
CMS A Practical Guide to Implementing the National CLAS Standards
- National CLAS Standards
- CLAS Education
- How-to Guide: Providing CLAS
- Behavioral Health Implementation Guide for the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care
- Webinar: Advancing Behavioral Health Equity: National CLAS Standards in Action
- Webinar: Trauma and COVID-19: Addressing Mental Health Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations
- Resource Library
- Implementation Checklist for the National CLAS Standards
- A Blueprint for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice
- Translated Resources and Materials for Medicare Providers
Great Plains QIN CLAS Standards Playbook
Health Equity News
News
Great Plains QIN Webinar – Care Coordination: The Complex Patient (A Behavioral Health Perspective) | October 17, 2023
Health Literacy Month: Building Awareness Through Action
Can Pneumonia Be Prevented?
Age Friendly Health Systems: Identifying What Matters for Older Adults
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