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Analytics and Reporting

Rural Health Transformation Program Offers Bold Opportunity to Reimagine Realtime Hospital Capacity Reporting, Ease Access Challenges in Rural Communities

Freedman HealthCare (FHC) has supported multiple states in developing and implementing their Rural Health Transformation Programs. FHC specializes in integrated health data systems, healthcare measurement and benchmarking, and workforce data infrastructure and reporting.  By Emma Harrigan, MS, Senior Consultant   Hospital closures, inadequate staffing, and overburdened primary care systems are making it increasingly difficult for rural...Read more

Data Infrastructure Should Top Every State’s RHTP Spending List

Freedman HealthCare (FHC) has supported multiple states in developing and implementing their Rural Health Transformation Programs. FHC specializes in integrated health data systems, healthcare measurement and benchmarking, and workforce data infrastructure and reporting. By Margaret Tiedemann, MA, PMP, Consultant, and Chad MacLeod, Senior Consultant   The Problem: Rural Health Data Is Fragmented Across rural America,...Read more

Rhode Island Enters Federal Consent Decree to Improve Services for Children with Behavioral Health Disabilities

Following a Department of Justice investigation, the state of Rhode Island has agreed to remediate its system to ensure youth with behavioral health disabilities in the care and custody of the Department of Child and Family Services (DCYF) are treated in settings appropriate to their needs, transitioned from inpatient psychiatric facilities to family settings, and...Read more

Massachusetts Provider Organizations with Higher Primary Care Investment Offer Better Value, New Research Finds

There is a considerable body of research demonstrating the long-term benefits of primary care. However, for decades, the United States has underinvested in primary care, spending only 5 to 7 cents of every health care dollar on it versus 13 cents in other high-income countries.[i] To help address these concerns, more than a third of states have...Read more

A Beginner’s Guide to Rhode Island’s Healthcare Workforce Dashboard

Changes in the healthcare workforce, macroeconomic factors, evolving trends in healthcare, and the impacts and pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted questions on whether an adequate and thriving workforce is available to address the health needs of Rhode Islanders. To investigate, the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Healthcare Workforce...Read more