California enacted the State Leadership Accountability Act (SLAA) requires all state agencies to monitor their internal control systems to minimize fraud, errors, waste, and abuse of government funds. Is there a way to lobby for a national version o
Read more…Building Healthy Communities is an is a 10 year, $1 billion comprehensive community initiative launched by The California Endowment in 2010 to advance statewide policy, change the narrative, and transform 14 of California’s communities devastated by
Read more…Buying Health For North Carolinians: Addressing Nonmedical Drivers Of Health At Scale
Since 2017 the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has asked how its resources could be optimized to buy health, not only health care. Thi
I found this very thought provoking and wondered if anyone has experience using calculator's of this type?
This calculator is designed to help community-based organizations and their health system partners plan sustainable financial arrangements to f
Read more…Moving forward, how are we absorbing examples like, Integrated Care for Kids to inform our discussion on the Thomson Family and how do we move our general discussion on the family into key recommendations that may impact one or all of the family memb
Read more…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
Read more…“Power mapping” is a visual exercise that helps you to identify the levers and relationships you can take advantage of to gain access to and influence over your target."
SN_Toolkit_Power_Mapping_Your_Way_to_Success.pdf
Read more…"Social capital cannot be measured directly, but can be inferred from its determinants or manifestations. The determinants are factors that have an impact on social interactions and therefore allow social capital to come about (read more). Manifestat
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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
In this article, the authors highlight some of the key terms being used in work related to social determinants of health in US health care settings.
They propose an initial set of definitions for these terms, using existing definitions where available
The U.S. Children’s Bureau, Casey Family Programs, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Prevent Child Abuse America® are partnering to launch a national effort to prove it is possible to fundamentally rethink child welfare by creating the conditions for
Read more…Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE), Idaho’s statewide health information exchange, announced it is implementing a search and referral platform for its users to better understand social determinants of health (SDOH) and enhance the exchange of that dat
Read more…In this recent paper, researchers found that opioid overdoses did not increase among new users of prescription opioids in four states (CA, FL, NY, PA), even as nationwide overdoses increased. Their findings suggest that the growing number of opioid o
Read more…The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released two technical assistance documents that addressed concerns about the opioid addiction epidemic and the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) While
Read more…A Joint Effort by the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions and Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. and funded by the California Department of Health Care Services Community Services Division, established a collection of protocols, to
Read more…In a tweet on August 11, 2020 state Chief Data Officer Joy Bonaguro offered a bit of an update on the creation of a statewide homeless data integration system — a project already underway when Newsom mentioned it Feb. 19 in his second State of the St
Read more…CNN reported, An estimated 10.3 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2018, including 9.9 million prescription pain reliever abusers and 808,000 heroin users. Opioid manufacturers have cost the American economy $2.15 trillion, accor
Read more…Tech departments are moving quickly to meet the unique, urgent needs of the moment. Meanwhile, their elected leaders are grappling with gigantic revenue losses. So what does it all mean for IT or for Interoptumability?
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