New Report Shows Progress in Eliminating Health Disparities
4/3/12 – Eliminating disparities in health care is an important step toward the goals of reducing health care costs and increasing quality of care for all populations. Some leading hospitals and medical organizations have adapted their health care delivery systems to better serve minority populations in an effort to reduce medical errors, shorten lengths of hospital stays, and lower the number of costly emergency room visits attributed to racial and ethnic disparities.