Closing America’s opportunity divide and finding cross-sector solutions to increase economic mobility, especially for low-income Americans, is a signal challenge for our country. Our Working Up project set out to tackle this challenge with a focus on
This resourse shares successfull state efforts to improve health equity, improve care, and prioritize social determinants of health. "Health equity- means everyone has an equal opportunity to live a long and healthy life regardless of race, ethnicity
The Massachusetts Taxpayer’s Foundation (MTF) conducted research, through funding by RIZE Massachusetts, to understand the economic impact of the opioid crisis on businesses. In attempts to quantify the impact of the epidemic, MTF's research focused
The following document is a guide for provider organizations working to improve opioid safety — to prevent new populations of patients from becoming dependent on or addicted to opioids and improve care for patients with chronic non-cancer pain, opioi
Data sharing initiatives can be hyperlocal, but they are all subject to the same federal laws regarding privacy and consent. Working through Data Sharing Consent or Release of Information forms can be almost frightening in this highly regulated lands
This document includes the recommendations that were made to the Governor that were developed during the two-day Summit. These sections are not intended to be exhaustive, rather to highlight the key points that were discussed during each of the break
People who have been incarcerated are approximately 100 times more likely to die by overdose in the first two weeks after their release than the general public. Despite high rates of opioid use disorder among justice-involved individuals, evidence-ba
Worldwide, more than 70% of all deaths are attributable to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), nearly half of which are premature and apply to individuals of working age. Although such deaths are largely preventable, effective solutions co
Realizing the promise of digital technology will depend on the ability to share information across time and space from multiple devices, sources, systems, and organizations. The major barrier to progress is not technical; rather, it is in the failure
Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the bur
Summary of an evidence-informed report that presents analysis of and recommendations for the External Review of Pan-Canadian Health Organizations. This review presents forward-looking advice to the Minister of Health to improve pan-Canadian health po
The Center for Open Data Enterprise's (CODE) hosted a Roundtable, with a goal to “explore possibilities and limits of data sharing, and identify successes and proposed solutions for using data to address the opioid crisis...Read More >>
This project set out to explore the landscape of diversion from criminal justice involvement, aiming to collect and present information about programs across the country that offer diversion as an alternative to traditional justice case processing. T
Environmental scan conducted by AcademyHealth to assess existing guidance about sharing critical information within and across organizations and sectors. Read More >>
Health care and community-based organizations (CBOs) across the country are increasingly working together to better address the root causes of poor health among low-income and vulnerable populations. Through support from Kaiser Permanente Community H
All In: Data for Community Health is a national learning collaborative that includes the BUILD Health Challenge and other national and state-based programs that support the kinds of data sharing efforts described in this report. While this report spe
This online toolkit provides specific guidance for applying SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework to the prevention of opioid misuse and overdoses. While developed for prevention specialists in Massachusetts, the tool can be applied to substance ab
The current opioid epidemic affecting our Commonwealth’s communities has taken a record number of lives in each of the last four years. Opioid Use Disorder is a complex chronic disease, and this opioid epidemic is a complex and persistent problem tha
