We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
Through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Access, Care, and Engagement Technical Assistance Center (ACE TA Center), JSI builds the capacity of the RWHAP community to navigate the changing health care landscape and help people with HIV to access and use their health coverage to improve health outcomes. We have been promoting access to health…
Community health centers, which serve over 27 million people, and community behavioral health providers, which serve over 10 million people, are facing increasing pressure to move towards models of care and payment that reward value over volume. Safety-net primary care and behavioral health providers are key sectors for a reformed delivery system yet often lack…
JSI was contracted to perform a quick turnaround needs assessment and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis for the Northern Penobscot County Integration Initiative in Maine to address opioid and other substance use treatment services in rural areas. JSI used secondary state and county data as well as target service area specific data where available…
The Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is like no other in the nation in that it is the only statewide public-private partnership—bringing together four major hospital systems and Maine Centers for Disease Control with the goal to turn data into action in order to: Create Shared Community Health Needs Assessment Reports, Engage and…
To accelerate the development of talented primary care staff to positively impact their practice organizations and serve as spokespeople and exemplars for others in similar roles, The Colorado Health Foundation funded JSI to provide leadership development in primary care to 23 patient facing staff and providers at practices implementing team based care. The project consists…
JSI is building a comprehensive GIS-linked tool to analyze primary care workforce and access for communities across the state of Maine across the medical, dental, and mental health disciplines. The primary goal is to support the federal Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation process, but the underlying data will also be used to conduct more…
JSI is partnering with Tri-County Community Action Agency to lead a needs assessment to inform substance use prevention by Rhode Island Regional Prevention Task Forces. The assessment will focus on the use of marijuana, opioids and other prescription drugs, tobacco, and alcohol in seven towns and cities. A regional plan will be developed based on…
In an effort to promote collaboration and better respond to the health needs of youth and families in the region, the Middlesex League in Massachusetts decided to conduct a collaborative Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), with support from Lahey Health. The YRBS assesses health behaviors and risks for middle and high school students. As part…
Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPi) is a free, nationwide initiative funded by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to prepare clinicians to be successful in new value based compensation models. Practice Transformation Networks are peer-based learning networks designed to coach, mentor and assist clinicians in developing core competencies specific to practice transformation. This…
JSI will continue to work with the Blue Shield of California Foundation to expand two critically aligned streams of work: Developing a Business Case for Domestic Violence as a consideration in health care decision making Advancing Whole Person Care in California In this next phase of the work, we will be providing customized and strategic evaluation…
We strive to build lasting relationships to produce better health outcomes for all.
