This report reviews key principles of quality (as it relates to the overall quality of the health care system and individual approaches to quality improvement); reviews evidence of the existence and root causes of racial and ethnic health disparities and recommendations to address them; and discusses strategies by which the quality and cultural competence movements could be linked. In particular, it focuses on the Institute of Medicine's six principles for designing a high-quality health care system to identify areas where aspects of cultural competence would be central to achieving high quality. It then presents a framework outlining both hypothetical and proven strategies for delivering high-quality, culturally competent care.
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