“The National Minority Quality Forum was founded in 1998 to address the critical need for strengthening national and local efforts to use evidence-based, data-driven initiatives to guide programs to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and other special populations.”
National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Issue Brief
For Your Health News
National Minority Quality Forum is delighted to announce For Your Health News (FYHN),
a powerful new digital application that is capturing trending news about an emerging healthcare market
in the United States—the health of Black, brown, and rural communities.
40 Under 40 Leaders in Health
Our 2023 cohort of young professionals is leading change in the
health industry to both better and diversify the healthcare marketplace.
NMQF's Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative (CSSI)
The mission of NMQF's CSSI is to move us from late stage to early- stage diagnosis and treatment of cancer, improving cancer care and reducing cancer deaths for all, with a particular focus on equity and underrepresented populations. This groundbreaking initiative is aligned with President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot 2.0 – a renewed call to action towards reducing the cancer death rate by at least 50% during the next 25 years.
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Impact
We collaborate to sponsor impactful initiatives that work to control health outcomes and eliminate health disparities.
Analyze
We manage projects based on zip-code-level analysis, working with a comprehensive relational data platform for identifying health status and disparity prevalence.
Collaborate
We host professional and community events to bring awareness to health inequity and drive scientific innovation for change.
POLICY ACTION
The NMQF Institute for Equity in Health Policy and Practice will identify, document, and examine the infrastructure of inequity in research, delivery and finance, and develop recommendations for restructuring.
Read the 2020 Annual Report
The Forum invites you to review this annual report and see just a small snapshot of the work that we do. We look forward to hearing from you and learning how we can work together to build sustainable healthy communities.
21th Annual NMQF Leadership Summit
Our Annual Summit aims to assist health-care providers, professionals, administrators, researchers, policy makers, and community and faith-based organizations in delivering quality care to diverse populations. With nearly 1000 attendees annually, the Summit has educated thousands of health leaders.
Join Us April 17-18, 2023 | The Watergate Hotel
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