Center Happenings

Special Issue on Measuring and Analyzing Health Care Disparities

The Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research and the Harvard Catalyst Health Disparities Research Program have collaborated on a new special issue in the Journal Health Services Research, focused on Measuring and Analyzing Health Care Disparities. The special issue is now available online and will be published in June 2012 in print. Funding was provided by the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. 

Using Your Own Panel Data To Conduct Comparative Effectiveness Research: Three Case Studies, March 29th, 2012

Forty-five participants, presenters, staff and trainees came together from Cambridge Health Alliance on March 29th to discuss the potential use of the electronic medical record (EMR) as a vehicle to conduct comparative effectiveness research, and for clinicians to monitor their patient panels. The conference convened a group of experts in EMR use, comparative effectiveness research, and quality improvement to discuss the infrastructure for using the EMR at CHA. Three pilot projects conceived by CHA clinicians were presented, and participants discussed the importance of the Institutional Review Board clearance and steps to ensure patient safety and confidentiality of data. The meeting was part of the Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) for Eliminating Disparities study at the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, supported by NIMHD Research Grant # P60 MDO 02261, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. One primary aim of the project relevant to the conference is the development of infrastructure at CHA to implement CER.  Read more about speaker presentations and highlights.

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