Question

Disparities in Care at Southern Regional Health System case: Suppose Mr. Hank
wants to appoint a healthcare disparities committee to advise him on how to reduce
healthcare disparities. Decide and describe, in as much detail as possible, what you
think each of the seven structural characteristics should be for this committee. For
example, write the committee’s statement of purpose. Determine its size. Make up
job titles to list members of the committee. Decide what authority the committee
should have. Decide and describe the other structures.

Answer 1

Health disparities are health difference that adversely affect socially disadvantaged groups.Health disparities are systematic, plausibly avoidable health differences according to race/ ethnicity, skin colour, religion, or nationality, socioeconomic resources or position ( reflected by e.g. income, wealth, education or occupation) , gender or gender identity, age , geography, disability, illness, political or other affiliation, or other characteristic associated with discrimination or marginalization. These categories reflect social advantage or disadvantage when they determine an individual or group position in a social hierarchy.

District steering committee were presented with data on performance of each indicator in the target clinic as compared with all other clinics in their district . Each committee formulated aplan for quality improvement and disparity reduction. From the deatailed reports provided by each district Medical manager three type of intervention emerged:- enhancement of teamwork and local leadersi, improving access to services and development of cultural competency programs. Teamwork and local leadership intervention include enhancement of managerial and leadership skills and designation of key personal to lead improvement in each ( or several) of target indicators. For example , clinic managerial teams participated in leadership skills building workshops, regular multidisciplinary team meetings were initiated in clinics where they were not an integral part of the clinic' s routine, and clinic staff members were designated as champion of key health issues ( e.g , promoting adherence to occult blood testing by the head nurse ). Improved accessibility initiatives include increasing access to preventive services ( e.g , mobile mammography units) and outreach initiatives to identify and summon patient for recommend prevventive and follow up service

organizational commitment:,

The strategic plan was declared one of the key strategies used by the organisation, with progress reports provided to the director general and financial incentives provided to district for meetings target goals.