Danbury Hospital Scores $50K Grant To Improve Data Collection

The grant is among 24 awarded by the CHF in the fourth quarter of 2022, totaling nearly $1.17 million. The gifts are meant to enable the grantees to conduct community listening sessions, establish patient advisory boards, and undertake other activities designed to improve how they collect and analyze data on patients’ race, ethnicity, and preferred language ("REL" data). A state law passed in 2021 requires health care providers to collect this data from patients in a standardized way. Nuvance Health, Danbury Hospital’s parent company, will use the money to develop,...