HHS Moves to Reduce Health Disparities with $90 Million in Funding to Improve Health Center Data Collection
- April 22, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will devote $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to help community health centers modernize their data tools to help identify and reduce health disparities, the agency announced April 21.
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) data collection and reporting initiative is aimed at collecting more and better data on social determinants of health, while streamlining and improving data quality reporting for health centers, HHS said.
“HRSA’s funding has supported our nation’s health centers in becoming leaders in leveraging the latest technology and data to provide high-quality care to individuals and communities who have been historically underserved,” said HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson. “Today’s announcement builds on this work and will help health centers modernize their data tools to improve equitable access to care and continue to best meet the needs of the communities and patients they serve.”