Inadequate Preparation for Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare for Oregon Young Adults With Medical Complexity: Root Cause Analysis
Root Cause Analysis using CoIIN Environmental Scan findings. The Oregon team created the following problem statement to focus its QI work: “Young adults with medical complexity (YAMC) and their families are not adequately prepared for, or supported in, the transition from pediatric to adult health [...]
Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan
Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan acts as project director for the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Advance Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CoIIN to Advance Care for CMC) project. She has returned to CISWH after a long hiatus, having worked under a former iteration of the group fr [...]
Ryan White 2016 Conference Homeless Institute
The CAHPP staff, together with partner Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and HIV provider demonstration sites nationwide, presented the work of the initiative Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV Homeless Populations. The team presented an institute consisting of three 90-min [...]
RWJF Managed Care Best Practices
Despite the fact that people with disabilities often need substance abuse treatment, there is little research about whether substance abuse treatment models are tailored to meet the complex needs of this population. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, we examin [...]
Community Health Workers: Integral Members of the Health Care Work Force
An article from the American Journal of Public Health. Provides a general overview of the integral role of CHW in the health care work force. Topics include: contributions of CHW in the U.S., characteristics of successful CHW programs, barriers to expanded use of CHW, and recommendations for strengt [...]
Housing Assistance and Health Outcomes
Regarding the first question, one of the strategic goals of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is to “utilize HUD assistance to improve health outcomes.” Yet research on how federal low-income housing programs impact health outcomes is limited. No study has been done to d [...]
State Health Care Financing Strategies for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This resource offers a descriptive summary of programs developed to provide services children with intellectual and developmental disabilities need to maximize quality of life.
Research
We use a wide array of methods to conduct and apply innovative, evidence-based research in the health care and social service arenas. This work informs funding and policy decision making on the local, state, and federal levels, to promote health and social service systems that improve health, well-b [...]
The HIV, Housing & Employment Project
Fact sheet: Low-Income Children with Special Health Care Needs and the Affordable Care Act
Uninsured low-income CSHCN are less likely to have a usual source of care and are more likely to have unmet needs for routine medical and dental care than their insured counterparts. Unmet health care needs can be detrimental to any child; however, for CSHCN, who require more health-care services th [...]
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