Hospitals to ask more than usual patient data
Soon may record race, education
Hospitals would have to document in detail the race, ethnicity, and education of all patients under proposed state and Boston regulations, supplying information that has been surprisingly hard to collect but could be crucial to reducing inequalities in care and implementing portions of the state's groundbreaking insurance law. (Full article: 1213 words)
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