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Joint Commission releases advisory addressing safe, equitable care
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32688
Subject(s) - commission , health care , equity (law) , mental health , health equity , human services , business , pandemic , medicine , public relations , political science , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , finance , law , pathology , psychiatry
A new Quick Safety advisory from The Joint Commission, “Supporting safe, equitable care during the COVID‐19 pandemic,” reviews requirements and initiatives to address health care disparities, as well as provides recommended safety actions for health care organizations to decrease barriers to providing equitable care during the pandemic. The Joint Commission has several standards and requirements that promote health equity related to nondiscrimination, and collection of data on race, ethnicity and preferred language, a news release stated. Some of the recommended safety actions in the advisory for health care leaders, providers and caregivers to consider during COVID‐19 and beyond include proactively collecting data to see if and where disparities and inequities in treatment and service delivery take place and using trusted community voices to encourage vaccination against COVID‐19 to ensure minority groups are not disproportionately unvaccinated. Resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Council for Behavioral Health, the National Institute of Mental Health and more are also included in the advisory.