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Welcome to the Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) website, and thank you for your interest in our work. The DSC is dedicated to the development and im
plementation of strategies that advance policy and practice to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care. The Disparities Solutions Center will achieve this mission by:
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Serving as a change agent by developing new research and translating innovative research findings into policy and practice
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Developing and evaluating customized policy and practice solutions for health care providers, insurers, educators, community organizations, and other stakeholders
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Providing education and leadership training to expand the community of skilled individuals dedicated to eliminating health care disparities
Our goal is to move beyond research and begin to take action—by developing and disseminating models for identifying and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care nationally, regionally, and locally. Through our work, we hope to move all healthcare stakeholders one step forward – and closer to eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in healthcare.
Composed of a multidisciplinary group of health policy experts, health services researchers and physicians, the DSC opened in July of 2005 with initial funding from Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare System. It is housed within the MGH Institute for Health Policy and affiliated with MGH and Harvard Medical School’s Department of Medicine.
For more information on how the DSC is working to assure equitable, high quality health care for all, please browse through our website. Thank you.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Keeping Current Seminar Series Please join us for a presentation by Andrew Loehrer, MD, Research Fellow at the Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery and General Surgery Resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and a Disparities Solutions Center Associate. This seminar will examine racial disparities in surgery before and after the 2006 insurance expansion while providing potential insights into the impact of national health reform on racial disparities in surgical disease. Please go to our Events page to reserve your spot and for more information.
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