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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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Unequal Treatment in the US: Lessons and Recommendations for Cancer Care Internationally
In the Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Dr. Joseph Betancourt and Ms. Megan Renfrew of the DSC have published a paper proposing a patient-based approach to cross-cultural cancer care, focusing primarily on community-based interventions and the role of patient navigators.
Commissioned Paper: Healthcare Disparities Measurement
Sponsored by the National Quality Forum
The DSC has recently published a commissioned paper on race, ethnicity and language data collection and measurement.
A Call to Action; A Time for Leadership
Written by Mary K. Totten
Great Boards Newsletter, American Hospital Association
Dr. Joe Betancourt and the DSC have been featured in this month's quarterly newsletter of the American Hospital Association. The piece focuses on the DSC and MGH's efforts in achieving equity of care for all patients, and how other hospital boards can find ways to begin addressing these issues.
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