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Join this important webinar next Tuesday, Oct 22, on the emerging role of state health data organizations with Manatt Health, RWJF, and representatives from innovative #StateHDOs

How can we improve health systems and health outcomes around the world, all while moving toward universal health coverage? Join the Abt Global team Tuesday, June 4 for our webinar, "The Future of Health Systems: Advancing Health Systems Strengthening: Metrics, Learnings, and Future Directions". We'll discuss how metrics and learning methods can help in health systems strengthening, and how health and policy professionals can use those metrics to drive equitable, sustainable, and resilient health systems improvements. #GlobalHealth #HealthSystems

Time to share your thoughts with the ONC on health equity, modernizing public health delivery and tech, and real people having meaningful actionable access to their health data.

📺 #HealthData Briefing - State Investments in Evidence-based Policymaking: The Emergency of State Health Data Organizations (#StateHDOs) - Tuesday, Oct. 22nd, 1:30 - 3:00pm ET Friends, I am so pleased to share - quite belatedly, as my (incredible) team reminded me - that we have a public webinar next week to celebrate the release of our #StateHDO Framework. I will be joined by my Manatt Health colleagues, Joel Ario and Amy Zhan, MPH, national health care transparency champion Katherine Hempstead, Senior Policy Adviser at the RWJF, and an incredible panel of state leaders, to discuss how states across the country are building new #healthdata capabilities - establishing new governance, infrastructure, and #dataanalytic capacity - that provide a foundation for evidence-based #healthcare policymaking and rigorous data-driven debate. #StateHDOs allow us - and those who we elect to represent us - to understand how our health care system is performing, and ensure it is delivering on its promises. State HDOs ensure we are equipped with information to be responsive to concerns about health care #affordability, #Populationhealth, system #sustainability, market competition, and #healthequity. They also offer states new efficiencies by centralizing health data analytic capabilities and infrastructure (and reducing duplicative costs). I cannot wait to discuss all that State HDOs offer us, and could not think of a better panel to represent these new state enterprises: - Kristin Paulson JD, MPH, CEO of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care, who will speak to CIVHC's journey from its roots as a plucky Colorado nonprofit to growing into one of the nation's most productive #StateHDOs, now regularly fielding information requests from the state's legislature and rebalancing our #HealthInformationInequities by getting #healthcare claims data OUT into the public domain. - Lauren Peters, Executive Director of The Center for Health Information and Analysis (MA), who will speak to CHIA's cornerstone and stalwart role in Massachusetts' #healthcare policymaking ecosystem, supporting one of the most transparent health care markets in the country, and providing data to inform the state's most pressing health care decisions. - Elizabeth Holcomb, Director at the Georgia Office of Health Strategy and Coordination, and Megan Denham, Senior Research Associate at Georgia Tech Research Institute, who will speak to Georgia's novel approach for leveraging its world-class academic infrastructure to establish its own variant of #StateHDO to (already) advance some cutting-edge reporting. I will also, for the first time this year (?), publicly present and share a few thoughts on where I think we are headed nationally, before opening it up to you all for Q&A. See you there.

Interested in global health and the efforts towards UHC? This is a webinar you should join.

Adapting our global health systems for a more equitable, sustainable future isn't a one-size-fits-all kind of thing. Join the Abt Global team this Tuesday, June 4th, as we discuss practical ways we can move forward with this in mind. Register for our webinar, The Future of Health Systems: Advancing Health Systems Strengthening: Metrics, Learnings, and Future Directions below: #FutureOfHealth #HealthSystems #GlobalHealth

What do you think about our health services? What health services do you need now? What health services do you need in the future? The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network (RMCLHN) is developing a Clinical Service Plan. A Clinical Service Plan is a document that outlines the current and future health needs of our communities, the health services required to meet those needs, and a plan to make it happen. We are developing our Plan in collaboration with staff, stakeholders, consumers, and communities, and we want you to have your say. It’s easy to do – complete our short online survey by visiting https://lnkd.in/eg8cCxsZ or pick up a hard copy version of the survey from your nearest RMCLHN hospital or health site. The survey will ask you questions such as: - What do you want public health services to look like in the future? - What services do you need more of? - Would you like to access public health services in other ways? The survey is open now and closes on Thursday 28 March 2024. Your feedback will be used to help us develop our Clinical Service Plan. For more information about the Clinical Service Plan visit https://lnkd.in/ev4Wr59w

Three fantastic health leaders, Ngozi Ezike, Jillian Griffin and Carrie Kozlowski, joined me last week to explore trust, health and how to build healthier behaviors. The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report Trust and Health provided stimulus and our exemplary leaders shared their perspectives on building trust with a room full of healthcare ecosystem participants. Some lessons I took away: IT TAKES THE RIGHT TRAINED MESSENGER: Bringing “people like me” to the fore by training community health workers (CHW) is supporting health in the neighborhoods served by Sinai Chicago . As Dr. Ezike shared, for a health system that has long been in-and-of the community, community health workers reinforce health interventions in the home. Integrating CHWs into an organization’s strategy serves the community by providing important “connector” services and creates economic opportunity by training and employing its members. FIND AND ENGAGE YOUR COMMUNITY: Consumers today are surrounded by stimulus, content and channels. Reaching patient audiences where they seek information and engage is one strategy Jillian Griffin described as part of AbbVie efforts to reach patients seeking healthcare solutions and therapies. Sharing information and tools with advocates spreads much needed information across channels and beyond traditional media. PRIORITIZE THE OUTCOME: While facts may not lie, they don’t always convince. Anchored in psychographic segmentation, Carrie emphasized pursuing actions that create behavior change, a pillar for Upfront Healthcare. Taking a recommended beneficial healthcare action and adopting healthy behaviors are driven by a range of factors. Know your audience and tailor your efforts. Measure success with the outcome not the intervention. Meeting consumer expectations led to a vibrant conversation on building trust as well as communicating innovative pipeline promise and progress. The special report found providing quality health information is a top trust builder in the face of misinformation threatening health. People are more likely to trust business, NGOs and government to address health needs and concerns when they are reliable sources of trustworthy health information. Combining healthcare ecosystem trust with patient empowerment is one powerful way forward. #HealthTrust Edelman #TrustBarometer

Public health modernization aims to build a system that is equitable, data-driven, and deeply connected to the communities it serves. Ensuring that this system can respond to emergencies and promote optimal health for all is a top priority for public sector healthcare organizations. In his latest blog, John Bastin outlines a framework based on six core pillars to modernize our nation’s public health infrastructure and address complex challenges. 🚀Learn more about these key areas and their impact on your modernization journey by reading the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/gbE3EKVF #HealthcareInnovation #PublicHealth #DataDriven

State policymakers across the country are establishing State #HealthData Organizations (HDOs) to inform policymaking and regulatory decision-making. State HDOs provide those responsible for serving the public good with comprehensive information about a state’s health care system and its performance, from health care access and service affordability, to health condition prevalence and system competitiveness. In a new white paper prepared with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Manatt Health's Kevin McAvey and Amy Zhan provide a framework for what a #StateHDO is, how these entities can support evidence-based policymaking, and what core program, operational and functional elements they comprise. Join us for a live webinar panel on October 22, where Kevin, Amy and Joel Ario will discuss key findings and takeaways from the paper and hear about lessons learned from senior leaders leveraging HDOs. Learn more and read the full paper: