Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Disability (REALD) Implementation

What is REALD?

REALD is a type of demographic information, like age, marital status, employment and more. REALD stands for the types of information it includes:

Race
Ethnicity
Language
Disability

In 2020, the Oregon legislature passed a law that requires health care providers to:

Collect REALD information at health care visits related to COVID-19, and
Share this information with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA).

Why We Ask

This requirement helps the state understand which communities are most impacted by COVID-19, so they can get more funding and services. For example, if we learn that one group of people has more COVID-19 cases than other groups, we can make sure that group gets more testing and resources like masks.

Learn about REALD and COVID-19

Visit REALD for Providers

Resources

Asking REALD questions

REALD Response Matrix - Suggested responses for patients with questions about REALD data collection
Quick guide to asking REALD questions
Script for asking REALD questions over the phone - New!

Checklists, workflow templates and other tools

Taken from the Implementation Guide:

Information for patients

What to expect at a COVID-19 health care visit

"What is Race, Ethnicity and Language, Disability (REALD)?" - Oregon Coronavirus Update (March 22, 2021)

Oregon Administrative Rules and policies

Visit the REALD rules page for the current REALD rules, rulemaking information, and upcoming changes.

Other resources

Reports

COVID-19 and REALD Reports

Feb. 2021 Report

Data Quality Reports

Legislative Reports

Resources

View REALD Forms

Includes general information and links to all five versions in 20 languages

Quick Links

Service-based settings (such as health care, contact tracing, social services):

Non-service-based settings (such as surveys):

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