Obtaining demographic data from hospitals?

[SamJS, BSN, RN]

Hi everyone,

This is my first post, and I apologize if this isn’t the correct topic area for it or if it has been asked before - I searched and had poor luck finding responses.

I am currently working on my Master’s thesis on the importance of cultural competence as an RN and how it impacts health outcomes/recognizing disparities. Without getting too much into the actual topic, I am looking for advice on how to obtain data from hospitals in the US. I will need race/ethnicity data on the hospitals’ RNs as well as their patients over the same time period (i.e. 35% of RNs were African American vs 60% of the pts in 2018).

HIPAA shouldn’t be a barrier, as there’s no identifiable information being shared. Still, though, I am not sure how to best obtain this. I can obtain data on the hospitals I work at, and have connections in the area that I will reach out to for other facilities. But, I figured I would see if anyone here has insight into who to contact and/or tips on how to successfully do this?

Thank you in advance!!

Sam

[K+MgSO4, BSN]

Speak with your EDON or the director of nursing education and discuss how you can do this. Even the data you state you have access to for your hospital be careful in putting it in a thesis without the correct permissions.

[klone, MSN, RN]

I would try CMS or Leapfrog