<p>I.Underlying Causes of Healthcare Disparities</p><p>1. Introduction<br>Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.</p><p>2. Historical Perspectives of Healthcare Disparities: Is the Past Prologue? <br>Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC</p><p>3. Epidemiology Profiles of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare <br>George A. Mensah, M.D., M.D., FACP, FACC, and Maleeka J. Glover, Sc.D., M.P.H.<br> <br>4. Cultural Diversity in Medicine: Health Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities<br>Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC</p><p>II. Current Problems</p><p>5. Perspective: Healthcare and the Politics of Race<br>M. Gregg Bloche, M.D., J.D. </p><p>6. Perspective: The Spectrum of Healthcare Disparities in the United States<br>Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D.</p><p>7. Perspective: Barriers to Eliminating Disparities in Clinical Practice: Lessons From the IOM Report “Unequal Treatment”<br>Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H., Angela Maina, B.S., and Marina C. Cervantes, B.A.</p><p>8. Perspective: Second-Class Medicine: Implications of Evidence-Based Medicine for Improving Minority Access to Healthcare<br>Randall W. Maxey, M.D., Ph.D. and Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC <br> <br>9. Perspective: The Compelling Need for Health Literacy<br>Monica L. Joyner, M.D.</p><p><br>III. Approaches to Correcting the Problems</p><p>10. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Overview of the Health Reform Law and Its Impact on Healthcare Disparities<br>Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC</p><p>11. The Diversity Benefit: How Does Diversity Among Health Professionals Address Public Needs? <br>Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D, and Ilana S. Mittman, Ph.D., M.S.</p><p>12. The Role of Communities in Eliminating Healthcare Disparities: Getting Down to the Grass Roots<br>JudyAnn Bigby, M.D. </p><p>13. The Potential Impact of Performance Incentive Programs on Racial Disparities in Healthcare<br>Alyna T. Chien, M.D., M.S.</p><p>14. Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare Through Quality Improvement<br>Kevin Fiscella, M.D., M.P.H.</p><p>15. Monitoring Socioeconomic Determinants for Healthcare Disparities: Tools from the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project<br>Nancy Krieger, Ph.D., Pamela D. Waterman, M.P.H., Jarvis T. Chen, ScD., S.V. Subramanian, Ph.D., and David Rehkopf, ScD. </p><p>16. Perspective: Title VI, Healthcare Reform, and the Need for a State Anti-Discrimination Law<br>Vernellia R. Randall, M.S.N., J.D.</p><p>17. Quality of Care and Disparities: The Evolving Role of Government<br>Garth N. Graham, M.D., M.P.H.</p><p>18. The Association of Black Cardiologists: A Small Group Success Story in Addressing Healthcare Disparities<br>Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC, and Icilma V. Fergus, M.D., FACC</p><p>19. Breathing Easier in Seattle: Addressing Asthma Disparities Through Healthier Housing<br>James W. Krieger, M.D., M.P.H., Tim K. Takaro, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., Janice C. Rabkin, Ph.D., M.P.H.</p><p>20. Breast and Prostate Cancer Healthcare Disparities<br>Elise D. Cook, M.D., M.S.</p><p> <br>21. The Role of Health IT in Eliminating Disparities<br>Sachin Jain, M.D., M.B.A., David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. <br> <br>22. Remote Area Medical: Pioneers of No Cost Healthcare<br>Stan Brock with Amanda Wilson</p><p><br>23. Principles for Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare Under Healthcare Reform<br>John Z. Ayanian, M.D., and Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC.</p>
