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Employers: How Health Disparities Affect Your Bottom Line?
By 2050, more than 50% of your workforce will be minorities. The National Business Group on Health Exit Disclaimer is calling on all employers to understand the impact of health disparities on their companies. Read Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. A Business case Update for Employers [PDF, 296KB].

HHS Workgroup Issues Nov. 2008 Working Paper on Health IT and the Underserved
How can health information technology improve the health of the underserved? An HHS workgroup produced this Nov. 2008 working paper, which summarizes programs, policies and research findings that demonstrate the potential and outline the challenges. Read the paper...

OMH Publishes Strategic Framework on Disparities
OMH's Strategic Framework for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities aims to promote systems approaches to understanding and eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities through program, policy and research activities, including the National Partnership for Action. Read the Strategic Framework...
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