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PRESENTATION: Dr. Mays to Present at the International Health Economics Association

Events: Friday, Jul 07, 2017, 12:00am -Friday, Jul 07, 2017, 11:59pm

Dr. Mays will present Income, Life Expectancy, and the Strength of Public Health Activities in American Communities at the 12th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association in Boston, Ma. The International Health Economics Association was formed to increase communication among...

Optimizing Governmental Health and Social Spending Interactions (AcademyHealth ARM 2018)

Presentation: August 16, 2018

Overview The research team created a systems-level dataset that includes state and local health and public health spending, social and community services spending (from the US Census finance divisions), total county debt, demographics (from the US Census demographics divisions), social determinants...

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

Presentation: November 16, 2016

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) “comprehensivist” physicians...

ResProg Webinar | Transit and Treatment: Aligning Systems to Address Substance Abuse in Connecticut (2021)

Presentation: October 27, 2021

Overview Increasing access and retention in treatment services is critical to improving health outcomes and reducing substance abuse overdose deaths. This study tests how a transit system can enhance substance abuse treatment outcomes and reduce provider-level treatment costs for substance abuse...

UConn Researchers Study Whether Reliable Public Transit Improves Substance-Use Treatment

Blog: June 22, 2020

Overview This recently-funded research, which will span three years, will test how treatment costs differ before and after transportation services and schedules are implemented. The S4A investigators are particularly interested in the impact of improved access, reduction in the number of missed...

Systems for Action brings opportunities for interdisciplinary health systems research to ColoradoSPH

Blog: May 19, 2020

Overview " Systems for Action brings opportunities for interdisciplinary health systems research to ColoradoSPH" highlights the Systems for Action research program now housed at the Colorado School of Public Health at the Anschutz Medical Campus. The 2020 Systems for Action grantees studies focus on...

Brown School Awarded Systems for Action Grant to Improve Child Welfare

Blog: July 01, 2020

Overview While collaboration among community stakeholders shows promise in addressing service gaps, little is known about the effectiveness of such approaches. This research project advances the Systems for Action initiative of the RWJF by investigating a recently funded multi-sector "outside-in"...

The Impact of Global Budgets and Community Health Teams on Health, Health Equity and Cross- Sector Interconnectedness in Vermont

Presentation: August 04, 2022

Overview The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effect of the combining Global All-Payer Reimbursement with Community Health Teams responsible for Coordinating Care and Service Delivery between the medical, social services and public health sectors on system alignment, health, access to...

Atherly Receives RWJ Grant to Study Vermont Community Health Teams

Blog: June 22, 2020

Overview A new, three-year grant from Systems for Action will allow members of the UVM Center for Health Services Research (CHSR) at the Larner College of Medicine, led by center director and Professor of Medicine Adam Atherly, Ph.D., to explore the effectiveness of community health teams in...

PRESENTATION: Dr. Mays to Speak at the International Society of Cardiologists in Rome

Events: Friday, Dec 16, 2016, 12:00am -Friday, Dec 16, 2016, 11:59pm

The Italian Society of Cardiology is a Scientific Association Academic among the oldest and most prestigious that boasts among its founding fathers renowned scientists. The Association aims to bring together experts of Cardiology in order to promote progress in the field of knowledge and treatment...