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Trying to Put a Value on the Doctor-Patient Relationship (Article in The Health Issue of The New York Times Magazine)

Blog: May 20, 2018

Overview Residents in the Chicago metro area are benefiting from research conducted by Drs. David Meltzer and Harold Pollack at the University of Chicago School of Medicine and Urban Labs, a Collaborative Research Center funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Their team of...

Comprehensive Care Program (Facebook Account)

Blog: January 01, 2018

Overview Founded by David Meltzer at the University of Chicago in 2012, the Comprehensive Care Program defragments medical care for patients with complex needs. Click here to follow the program on Facebook Details Project: The Comprehensive Care, Community, and Culture Program Resource: Facebook...

PRESENTATION: Dr. Mays to Speak at CDC's Population Health Workforce Initiative

Events: Tuesday, Aug 29, 2017, 12:00am -Tuesday, Aug 29, 2017, 11:59pm

Dr. Mays will present Delivery and Financing Systems for Population Health: Networks, Incentives, and Policy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Population Health Workforce Initiative meeting. The day long meeting will provide the incoming Population Health Fellows with an overview...

PRESENTATION: Dr. Mays to Speak at CDC's Seminar on Public Health Economics

Events: Monday, Aug 28, 2017, 12:00am -Monday, Aug 28, 2017, 11:59pm

Dr. Mays will present The Economics of Multi-Sector Alliances for Population Health Improvement at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Seminar on Public Health Economics. Various national experts will gather in Atlanta to meet with CDC economists to review their work, discuss the...

New Studies Aim to Save Lives and Money by Connecting Health and Social Systems

Blog: November 21, 2022

LEXINGTON, KY (January 23, 2018)— Systems for Action is proud to announce the funding of eleven new studies. With $1.85 million in funding support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, these new studies will help medical care providers, social services agencies, and public health organizations...

The Comprehensive, Community, and Culture Program: Early Lessons from Implementation (Dissemination and Implementation Conference 2017)

Presentation: December 05, 2017

Overview The research team for The Comprehensive Care, Community, and Culture Program presented at the 2017 Academy Health Dissemination and Implementation Conference in Arlington, VA. The presentation was entitled “The Comprehensive, Community, and Culture Program: Early Lessons from Implementation...

Webinar: The Comprehensive Care, Community, and Culture Program (Research-in-Progress Series)

Presentation: October 11, 2017

Overview The University of Chicago’s Urban Labs project uses a randomized controlled trial to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a comprehensive community care model for low-income, urban-dwelling seniors at high risk of hospital admission. The model combines (1) comprehensive care physicians...

WEBINAR: STD Services Scope and Organization in California and Alabama: Impacts for Care and Disparities

Events: Wednesday, Mar 08, 2017, 12:00am -Wednesday, Mar 08, 2017, 11:59pm

What sexually transmitted diseases (STD) services are local health departments providing for STD prevention, screening and treatment, and how are services organized in the era of health reform? This presentation will showcase findings from the study of public health STD services in California and...

WEBINAR: The Comprehensive Care, Community, and Culture Program

Events: Wednesday, Nov 16, 2016, 12:00am -Wednesday, Nov 16, 2016, 11:59pm

Building on integrated data sources from Arizona’s medical, mental health, and criminal justice systems, this project explores opportunities to better coordinate services for persons with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders. Using interactive system dynamics modeling and network analysis...

Testing a Shared Decision-making Model for Health and Social Service Delivery in East Harlem (Research-in-Progress Series)

Presentation: April 05, 2018

Overview Lack of coordination of health and community services with individual agencies working in isolation leads to wasted resources and poor outcomes for the most vulnerable in our nation’s neighborhoods. One method of addressing this lack of coordination is by adopting a place-based system...