| Center for Healthcare Equity The Center for Healthcare Equity is dedicated to eliminating disparities in health care and improving the quality of care for all individuals. Our goal is for every person to get the highest quality of health care possible, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural beliefs, language, socioeconomic status, or health literacy. We have outstanding multidisciplinary research programs and educational initiatives that include affiliated faculty in the Program in Communication and Medicine, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department of Preventive Medicine, the Office of Medical Education, and other faculty from across the Feinberg School of Medicine. We also have active national and local partnerships with researchers, health care leaders, and policymakers from the American Medical Association, the Health Research and Educational Trust, The National Health Law Program, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Joint Commission, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, The Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services, and many additional community clinics. Patients are our partners, and they have provided invaluable insights into the challenges they face and suggestions about designing interventions. Together, we conduct studies that examine the root causes of disparities, evaluate innovative solutions, and translate our findings to practice to achieve our goal of equity in health care.
IOM report
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) formed the Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement to examine approaches to standardization of these data. In its 2009 report, Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement, the subcommittee recommends collection of more granular ethnicity and language needs according to national standards in addition to OMB race and Hispanic ethnicity categories. [Brief] [Full Report] Language report
Effective communication between patients, clinicians, and other health professionals is a critical component of providing high quality care. With funding from the California Endowment, the new report released October 2009, entitled, Improving Care for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency: Facilitators and Barriers to Providing Language Services in California Public Hospitals highlights factors that contribute to providing high quality language services. [Download]
|  | Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD
Director, Center for Healthcare Equity,
Institute for Healthcare Studies
Research Associate Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University |  | David W. Baker, MD
Associate Director, Institute for Healthcare Studies
Professor of Medicine
Chief, General Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University |  | Barbara Bayldon, MD
Attending Physcian, General Academic Pediatrics
Children’s Memorial Hospital |  | Charles Bennett, MD
Professor, Hematology/Oncology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Kenzie Cameron, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Rowland Chang, MD
Professor, Rheumatology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Marie L. Crandall, MD, MPH, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Joseph Feinglass, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University |  | Sue Gapstur, PhD, MPH
Professor, Preventive Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University |  | Mita Goel, MD, MPH
Adjunct Faculty, Center for Communication and Medicine
Member, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Elizabeth Hahn, MA
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Jane Holl, MD, MPH
Director, Institute for Healthcare Studies
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
and Preventive Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University |  | Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University |  | Greg Makoul, PhD
Professor, General Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Sarah S. Rittner, MA
Project Coordinator, Center for Healthcare Equity
Institute for Healthcare Studies
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Madeleine Shalowitz, MD, MBA
Center on Outcomes, Research and Evaluation, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare;
Department of Pediatrics, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare | 
| Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Graduate Programs in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
President and CEO
American Board of Medical Specialties
Professor, General Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University | 
| Michael Wolf, PhD
Director, Health Literacy and Learning Program (HeLP), Institute for Healthcare Studies
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University |  | Kathleen Yost, PhD
Center on Outcomes, Research and Evaluation
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare | | |
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