Data Collection and Analysis
In order to properly address health equity, you must be able to accurately measure progress, and data are imperative to assess that progress. This page provides links to high-value health equity data, as well as regulatory requirements and measurement standards.
Baseline Data
Kansas Health Matters Health Equity Index — Kansas Health Matters
- The Mapping Medicare Disparities (MMD) Tool — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Minority Health
- Kansas County Health Rankings—University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Considered most valuable resource
Dashboard Development
Developing Effective Data Dashboards — Health Information Technology, Evaluation, and Quality Center (HITEQ)
Considered most valuable resource
Health Information Technology
Resource of Health Equity-Related Data Definitions, Standards, and Stratification Practices — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- REAL Data Toolkit — American Hospital Association
- Social Determinants of Health Information Exchange Toolkit — Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
- Using Z-Codes: The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data Journey to Better Outcomes — CMS
Considered most valuable resource
Regulatory Requirements
Health Equity Services in the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Learning Network
- CMS Framework for Health Equity
- CMS Strategic Plan Health Equity Fact Sheet
- CMS Goals and Priorities
Considered most valuable resource
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A program of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Definitions
Health disparity
inequities in the quality of health, health care, and health outcomes experienced by groups based on social, racial, ethnic, economic, and environmental characteristics
Health equity
the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health
Health-related social needs (HRSN)
an individual’s unmet, adverse social conditions (e.g., housing instability, homelessness, nutrition insecurity) that contribute to poor health and are a result of underlying social drivers of health (SDOH)
Social drivers of health (SDOH)
also known as “social determinants of health,” the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age that are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources and impacted by factors such as institutional bias, discrimination, racism, and more
Resources are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by KFMC or its partners.
