Standard Business Reporting: Open Data to Cut Compliance Costs

Imagine if U.S. companies' compliance costs could be reduced, by billions of dollars. Imagine if this could happen without sacrificing any transparency to investors and governments. Open data can make that possible.

This first-ever research report, c

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An Avoidable $2.4 Billion Cost: The Estimated Health-Related Costs of Food Insecurity and Hunger in Massachusetts

This report communicates direct and indirect health-related expenditures attributable to food insecurity and hunger in the state of Massachusetts in 2016. It also includes special educational costs associated with food insecurity. In this report we u

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Shared Measurement and Joint Accountability Across Health Care and Non-Health Care Sectors: State Opportunities to Address Population Health Goals

This brief outlines how state agencies can employ shared measurement and joint accountability across sectors as tools for improving population health outcomes. States can use these tools to drive coordination of preventive efforts and broaden the bou

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A Systematic Review of Interventions on Patients’ Social and Economic Needs

Context:

Based on a growing body of research documenting inverse relationships between social adversity and health and well-being, social determinants of health (SDH)—including access to food, housing, transportation, and education—have sidled into t

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The Colorado Guide to 2Gen

 

Captured in this publication is thier definition of: 

Social Capital
Social capital is a key success factor of the 2Gen approach. Many years of research have
shown that social capital manifests as peer support; contact with family, friends, and
neighbor

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Social determinants of health: How are hospitals and health systems investing in and addressing social needs?

Executive Summary:

Health care stakeholders have long recognized that factors outside the health care system—the social determinants of health—influence an individual’s health and well-being. Many hospitals and health systems are working to navigate

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Community Health Assessment Toolkit

Background:

The Affordable Care Act requires all nonprofit hospitals to complete a community health needs assessment (CHNA) process every three years. While CHNAs are a recent requirement, community health assessments (CHAs) have long been used as a

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Overview of SCALE and a Community of Solutions

About the SCALE Series:

From January 2015 to January 2017, with the generous support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, four 100 Million Healthier Lives partner organizations (Institute for Healthcare Improvement [IHI], Communities Joined in Acti

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