We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
We worked with the Central New York Care Collaborative (CNYCC) and its major hospital partners for more than a year to assist them in planning for, implementing, and managing all aspects of their DSRIP initiative. The CNYCC is a new 501 (c) 3 corporation created to engage all necessary partners and develop the critical infrastructure…
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 BCBS MA Foundation to promote and disseminate integrated behavioral…
JSI has worked with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) for many years to provide technical assistance, quality improvement, policy analyses, and other technical services to support the Office of HIV/AIDS and Bureau of Infectious Diseases. For example, through the Technical Assistance for Service Integration (TA4SI) initiative, JSI provides TA and training to integrate…
Between 2014-2019, JSI established and operated a National Technical Assistance and Training (TTA) Center to provide support to Healthy Start (HS) grantees to ensure program effectiveness in achieving the goals to reduce infant mortality and health disparities and improve perinatal health outcomes. Branded the Healthy Start EPIC Center, JSI provided comprehensive and innovative capacity building…
The County of Cheshire, New Hampshire, was expanding the substance use disorder treatment capacity in their Superior Court through the development of the Cheshire County Adult Drug Court Program (CCDC). With funding from SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the CCDC wanted to increase assessment, treatment, and recovery services being offered by the Phoenix House…
Interventions in early childhood can have profound preventive and protective impact. As a significant body of research points to the same risks and protective factors, clinicians and service systems have been urged to shift from traditional approaches to new intervention efforts to lower risk and promote protective factors. Nationwide, SAMHSA’s Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for…
The National HIV Prevention Program Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) Service Center is the primary point of contact for NHM&E-related technical assistance for all Center for Disease Control (CDC)-funded HIV prevention grantees, including health departments and community-based organizations. In partnership with CACI International, Inc., JSI provides NHM&E technical assistance and facilitates monitoring and evaluation guidance in…
To ensure that program goals are met, state agencies are increasingly focusing their efforts on evaluating the effectiveness of their programs. The Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs (DSCSHN) is committed to building systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs that incorporate six performance outcomes including: partnering…
Recent changes in state and federal funding for public health services, combined with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, have resulted in public health and health care systems undergoing tremendous change. State sexually transmitted disease (STD) programs, family planning agencies, and public health labs need assistance to keep up with the changes, while maintaining…
The Quality and Patient Safety Division (QPSD) at the Board of Medicine oversees institutional systems of quality assurance, risk management, peer review, utilization review and credentialing–known collectively as a Patient Care Assessment (PCA) Program. The QPSD's function is unique among the nation's state licensing boards: It is not punitive or adversarial in nature; it does…
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