National Minority Quality Forum’s Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity Receives Grant from Novo Nordisk to Fund Program Aimed at Improving Diabetes Outcomes

National Minority Quality Forum’s Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity (SHC) announced that it received a grant from Novo Nordisk Inc. to fund its “DRIVE for Sustained and Equitable Diabetes Outcomes through Quality Improvement and Community-Led Intervention” program to engage in a multi-tiered approach supported by national infrastructure that prioritizes community leadership and co-design between experts in barbershops, salons, Black churches, and a community-based health clinic in Oakland, Calif.

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National Minority Quality Forum, URAC to Explore Establishment of Health Equity Standards

National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF), the America’s leading health research and advocacy organization focusing on underserved and minoritized populations, and URAC, the nation’s largest and most complete independent healthcare accreditation organization, announced they will explore the establishment of health equity standards for use by URAC in its accreditation and certification processes.

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HHS Secretary Becerra to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from National Minority Quality Forum

The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) announced Secretary Xavier Becerra—the 25th Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the first Latino to hold the office in the history of the United States—will receive its 2022 John Lewis Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes healthcare public policy leaders who have helped to decrease health disparities and build sustainable healthy communities.

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