American Medical News
(9/10) editorializes, "Despite the best efforts of health professionals,
patient advocates and policymakers, the US still struggles to eliminate
pervasive health disparities, especially for racial and ethnic
minorities." Recognizing physicians' clinical and ethical responsibilities
to their patients, the AMA has produced a Communication Climate Assessment
Toolkit, "an online resource designed to help large group practices
and hospitals evaluate their own efforts to treat diverse patient
populations." The "toolkit, which has been assisting users since
2008, utilizes surveys of patients and staff to determine how well a clinic or
office handles impediments to care that might be driven by patients' language,
culture, literacy, illness or fear.”
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