Resource Details

"Data Disaggregation: Principles, Promising Practices, and Lessons Learned To Advance Health Equity" Report

Year Developed: 2024

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Administrative Staff Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.) PCAs
Secondary Audience: Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff

Language(s): English

Developed by: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This report outlines the data disaggregation principles, promising practices, and lessons learned based on an environmental scan and feedback from health center stakeholders in Asian American (AA) and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NH/PI)-serving health centers.

Resource Details: In 2023-2024, AAPCHO conducted an environmental scan of racial, ethnic, and language data disaggregation practices at community health centers. AAPCHO surveyed key health center stakeholders through a questionnaire and interviews about their organization's data disaggregation principles, promising practices, and lessons learned. The environmental scan also included a literature review to inform the development of disaggregated data collection protocol training resources for AA and NH/PI communities at health centers.

Resource Topic: Health Information Technology (HIT)/Data, Quality, Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Quality Assurance, Quality Improvement, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Health Equity.

Keywords: Access to Care, Accountable Care/Accountable Care Organizations, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPIs), Clinical Coding, Community Health Workers, Data Collection, Management, and Analytics, Documentation, Limited English Proficiency (LEP), Patient Demographics, Policies and Procedures, Research, Uniform Data System (UDS).