We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
In working towards the Healthy Vermonters 2020 and Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant goals of reducing sudden, unexpected infant death (SUID), it is necessary to develop and disseminate a clear, effective message to parents, caregivers, and providers who work with families of infants about how to establish a safe sleep environment and…
We will provide comprehensive evaluation services per the needs of the Health Promotion Disease Prevention programs. Using a participatory and utilization-focused approach, JSI aids programs in evaluation planning, implementation, analysis, and dissemination and use of findings. We will work with the Asthma Program, Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, 1305/Diabetes Program, SNAP-Ed Program, Tobacco Control Program, and…
In 2010 in the United States, over 25.7 million people currently had asthma (1 in 8 Americans), including an estimated 7 million of children and 18.7 million of adults. Nationally, the prevalence of asthma has been increasing since 1980 across all age, sex, and racial groups. In Massachusetts, the prevalence of asthma is among the…
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 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…
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has chosen JSI to conduct a feasibility study of Indian Health Service (IHS) services, including behavioral health, contract health and community based programs, to determine if tribal management of these programs is possible, feasible, and beneficial. This study will ensure that the Tribe is ready to begin to successfully take over…
In partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health, JSI will conduct analysis and designation of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA), Medically Underserved Area (MUA), and Medically Underserved Population (MUP) for the Agency. The project leverages, and builds upon, the decades of directly relevant experience JSI has in the area of primary care access analysis, program…
JSI provided strategic planning services to Lahey Health Behavioral Services (LHBS) culminating in facilitation of a strategic planning retreat for its senior leadership team. In preparation for the retreat, JSI conducted key informant interviews with senior leadership and the next level of leadership to provide feedback on a range of current issues facing LHBS including…
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…
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…
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