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The Massachusetts Department of Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS) selected JSI to evaluate an opioid urgent care center pilot program. Three sites in Massachusetts were funded by BSAS to provide and enhance access to the full continuum of care for individuals with opioid addiction and other substance use disorders. JSI worked in partnership with BSAS and the…
JSI contracted with the MA Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) to evaluate an emergency department recovery coach (ED-RC) pilot project. JSI utilized a participatory, mixed-method evaluation approach and worked collaboratively with the five (5) ED-RC grantees, BSAS, the MA Behavioral Health Partnership, hospitals, and other participating agencies to design and implement an effective evaluation….
The integration of behavioral health and primary care is an essential strategy for realizing the Triple Aim health reform objectives. While there is a substantial evidence base of successful integration models, challenges remain in effective and wide-spread adoption of these models. JSI will work with the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) MA Foundation to evaluate…
The Massachusetts Employer Survey is critical to the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis's (CHIA) mission of monitoring the Massachusetts health care and health insurance systems, and providing reliable information and meaningful analysis for those seeking to improve health care quality, affordability, access, and outcomes. JSI and our collaborators at the National Opinion Research…
Achieving CDC’s vision of a strong, vigilant U.S. public health system—ready and able to prevent and control endemic diseases and respond to new and emerging threats—requires the sustained, coordinated, and complementary efforts of many individuals and groups. Many public health advances that have been made could not have been achieved without the partnership and collaboration…
In Massachusetts (MA), older adults have the highest mortality rate and the second-highest hospitalization rate for asthma in the state. Black and Hispanic older adults have 3 times higher hospitalization rates for asthma than their White counterparts. In addition, Hispanic older adults have significantly higher asthma prevalence than Whites. JSI is providing research services to…
The Affordable Care Act has catalyzed both an expansion in insurance coverage. It has also promoted a national effort to move away from volume-based payment for health services and toward delivery system and payment models that promote value-based care that results in improved health outcomes, patient experience and per-capita costs. In California, health centers are…
Team-based care is important to the future of health care. It has shown to improve clinical outcomes, provide better access to care, improve support for complex patients, and reduce provider and staff burnout. In a team-based care approach the care of the patient is coordinated and managed by a team of staff and providers, that…
JSI is working closely with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and selected hospitals to implement a Quality Improvement Network for Contraceptive Access (QINCA) using the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Breakthrough Series Learning Collaborative Model – a proven model for closing the gap between evidence and practice that consists of a…
Despite laudable efforts and success in reducing tobacco use and its associated burden in Vermont over the past several decades, tobacco use remains considerable. Currently, an estimated 81,000 Vermont adults smoke cigarettes and significant disparities in tobacco use and burden exist among Vermonters (e.g., individuals with lower education and income levels, mental health and substance…
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