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Rhode Island Health Equity Measures - Department of …

(Just Now) We encourage Rhode Islanders to collaborate across sectors to address barriers to health and advance health equity. The Rhode Island Health Equity Measures can help identify … See more

https://health.ri.gov/data/healthequity/

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Rhode Island's Health Equity Measures - ArcGIS StoryMaps

(9 days ago) WEBRhode Island's Health Equity Measures. An innovative way to map Rhode Island's progress toward health equity.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ba6e7315620e4371a615e0b079482bd5

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Rhode Island’s Health Equity Zones - Grantmakers In …

(2 days ago) WEBIn 2015 the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) launched a project called the Health Equity Zones (HEZ) initiative, with the goal of creating a new public health approach. Rather than prioritizing …

https://www.gih.org/views-from-the-field/rhode-islands-health-equity-zones-rethinking-community-investing-to-create-measurable-sustainable-gains-in-health-equity/

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Introducing Rhode Island’s Health Equity Zones - rimed.org

(7 days ago) WEBPUBLIC HEALTH BRIEFING PUBLIC HEALTH NICOLE E. ALEXANDER-SCOTT, MD, MPH DIRECTOR, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDITED BY JOHN P. FULTON, PhD Introducing Rhode Island’s Health Equity Zones MIA PATRIARCA, MA; CHRISTOPHER J. AUSURA This article is the first in a series of Public Health Briefings …

http://www.rimed.org/rimedicaljournal/2016/11/2016-11-47-health-patriarca.pdf

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What are Health Equity Zones? - Decide RI

(Just Now) WEBRhode Island’s Health Equity Zone (HEZ) initiative is a health equity-centered approach to prevention work that leverages place-based, community-led solutions to address the social determinants of health. Health Equity Zones are identified geographic areas where opportunities to address health inequities through investment in the community exist.

https://decideri.org/pages/hez

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Investing in Community through Rhode Island’s Health Equity Zones

(1 days ago) WEBRhode Island’s Health Equity Zone Initiative . The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is investing in community through its Health Equity Zone (HEZ) initiative. This is an innovative, place-based approach that brings people in a defined geographic area together and invests in helping them strengthen the infrastructure their …

https://www.phi.org/press/investing-in-community-through-rhode-islands-health-equity-zones/

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Health Equity Zones Offer Rhode Island Residents a Voice

(7 days ago) WEBFeb. 18, 2020, at 3:33 p.m. Equity Zones Offer Communities a Voice. More. Getty Images. Rhode Island's health equity zones can target interventions to an area as small as a neighborhood or as big

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-02-18/health-equity-zones-offer-rhode-island-residents-a-voice

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Rhode Island Braids Funding to Create Health Equity Zones

(1 days ago) WEBThe Rhode Island Department of Health is leveraging various federal, state, and local sources of prevention, categorical disease, and population health funding to create place-based “Health Equity Zones,” geographic areas designed to achieve health equity by eliminating health disparities and promoting healthy communities.

https://healthequityguide.org/case-studies/rhode-island-braids-funding-to-create-health-equity-zones/

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City of Providence Health Equity Zone (HEZ)

(3 days ago) WEBOutreach and delivery of evidence-based programs to help residents prevent and manage diabetes and other chronic diseases. The City of Providence is one of 9 Health Equity Zones throughout Rhode Island. This place-based work to increase health equity is supported by the Rhode Island Department of Health. HCO’s City of Providence HEZ …

https://www.providenceri.gov/healthy-communities/providence-health-equity-zone-hez/

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East Providence Health Equity Zone

(6 days ago) WEBWho We Are. In the summer of 2019 East Bay Community Action Program(EBCAP) became the backbone agency for one of several Health Equity Zone (HEZ) grants from the RI Department of Health (RIDOH). The East Providence Health Equity Zone project is a place-based initiative created to reduce and eliminate current health disparities and …

https://www.ebcap.org/programs/east-providence-health-equity-zone/

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Equity Council Executive Office of Health and Human Services

(1 days ago) WEBThe Equity Council’s focus is to address the most urgent needs of underrepresented communities in Rhode Island. Equity council members have worked on: Improving access to basic health & safety resources. Providing access to culturally relevant services and programs. Ensuring communities of color are reached through culturally …

https://eohhs.ri.gov/Initiatives/EquityCouncil.aspx

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RI Health Equity Zones

(6 days ago) WEBRI Health Equity Zones. RI Health Equity Zones. Health Equity Zones are geographic areas designed to achieve health equity by eliminating health disparities using place-based (where you live) strategies to promote healthy communities. Web Map by RIDOHGIS. Last Modified: July 25, 2016. (0 ratings, 0 comments, 1,381 views) More …

https://rihealth.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=d74d693dab76465393ea9432d651f7c8

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RI.gov: Rhode Island Government

(5 days ago) WEBThe Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today announced that it is expanding support and funding to establish four new Health Equity Zones (HEZs). Warwick, Warren, Blackstone Valley (including Cumberland, North Smithfield, and Lincoln), and the 02905 ZIP code (including lower South Providence and nearby neighborhoods) were chosen …

https://www.ri.gov/press/view/41524

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Rhode Island Health Equity Zone (HEZ) Initiative

(5 days ago) WEBCurrently, Rhode Island has 15 Health Equity Zones, each of which focus on different health equity measures. The Health Equity Institute, which partnered with the Department of Health and oversees the HEZ initiative, has identified five health equity measures: (1) Integrate Health Care, (2) Community Resiliency, (3) Physical

https://www.rilegislature.gov/Special/comdoc/Senate%20Finance%205212020/Health%20Equity%20Zones%20Issue%20Brief.pdf

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Pawtucket-Central Falls Health Equity Zone LISC Rhode Island

(3 days ago) WEBAs the backbone entity for the Pawtucket Central Falls Health Equity Zone (HEZ), an initiative developed by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) in 2015, LISC has engaged the community, gathered a strong and collaborative group of partners, and created a unified approach to finding strategies to address health concerns and challenges

https://www.lisc.org/rhode-island/our-work/health/pawtucket-central-falls-health-equity-zone/

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New Report Shows that Health Care Spending in Rhode Island …

(1 days ago) WEBCRANSTON, R.I. (May 13, 2024) – Overall health care spending in Rhode Island increased by 1.6 percent in 2022, falling well below its annual growth benchmark of 3.2 percent, according to a new report released today by the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) analyzing health care spending, quality, and equity trends …

https://ohic.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur736/files/2024-05/2024%20OHIC%20annual%20report%20release%205-13-2024%20FINAL.pdf

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Health Care Spending and Quality in Rhode Island

(5 days ago) WEBRhode Island’s Cost Growth Target. In 2018, the Rhode Island Cost Trends Steering Committee set out to restrain health care spending growth and improve affordability of health care by establishing a cost growth target. The Committee established a statewide per person annual cost growth target of 3.2%, equivalent to long-term projections of

https://ohic.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur736/files/2024-05/2022%20CGT%20and%20quality%20performance%202024%2005-13%20final.pdf

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Warwick Health Equity Zone Warwick, RI

(7 days ago) WEBThe Warwick Health Equity Zone is an initiative of CCAP, our backbone agency. The HEZ is a community-driven program compromised of residents and social service agencies that aims to identify and address health disparities in Warwick to foster a healthy environment where people live, learn, work, and play.

https://www.warwickhez.org/

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Policy Reform Office of The Health Insurance Commissioner

(3 days ago) WEBThe office is focused on improving the health care delivery system in the state to improve affordability, quality, and health equity for all Rhode Islanders. OHIC is supporting delivery system reform by encouraging provider payment models that improve value, fostering primary care transformation, and advising on the impact of hospital

https://ohic.ri.gov/policy-reform

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Health care spending in Rhode Island takes a turn – for the better

(Just Now) WEBAmericans spend more per capita on health care than almost anyone else in the world. A new report released on Monday reveals the latest trends in Rhode Island’s health care spending. Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King talked with The Public’s Radio Health reporter Lynn Arditi about the findings. This transcript has been edited for

https://thepublicsradio.org/health/health-care-spending-in-rhode-island-takes-a-turn-for-the-better/

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Health Equity COVID-19 CDC - Centers for Disease Control and …

(6 days ago) WEBCDC Health Equity News & Science. January 6, 2023: Racial and Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years and Parental Intent to Vaccinate Their Children — National Immunization Survey–Child COVID Module, United States, December 2020–September 2022. …

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/index.html

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Asthma Cooperative Agreement Partner Profile – Rhode Island

(2 days ago) WEBRhode Island Asthma Control Program Division of Community Health & Equity. Contact. Ashley Robinette. Telephone. (401) 222-6272. E-mail. [email protected]. Address. Rhode Island Department of Health.

https://www.cdc.gov/national-asthma-control-program/php/partners/rhode-island.html

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R.I. health care spending skyrocketed after COVID. Now it’s

(6 days ago) WEBThe nearly $9 billion price tag associated with health care spending in Rhode Island in 2022 marks a 1.6% per-person jump over 2021. That’s half the rate of increase in the prior year, and

https://www.yahoo.com/news/r-health-care-spending-skyrocketed-094538553.html

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Health equity investment slated to continue into 2024

(3 days ago) WEBThe report, out in its second iteration from EY’s Center for Health Equity, detailed a survey of nearly 500 health equity officers.Nearly every respondent (98 percent) said their organization’s health equity efforts will remain at current levels, and 92 percent said they think their organization’s financial investments into health equity will increase …

https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/news/366584104/Health-equity-investment-slated-to-continue-into-2024

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Health Disparities Related to Commercial Tobacco and Advancing …

(8 days ago) WEBA commitment to health equity involves understanding health disparities related to commercial tobacco and factors that cause these disparities. A Several factors connect commercial tobacco with higher levels of disease, disability, and death in different population groups. For example: The tobacco industry uses tailored marketing and …

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco-health-equity/about/index.html

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U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services and Justice Issue …

(5 days ago) WEBAn investigation by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and has found that the State of Rhode Island violated federal civil rights laws by routinely and unnecessarily segregating children with mental health …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/13/us-departments-health-human-services-justice-issue-letter-findings-state-rhode-island-improper-over-hospitalizations-children-disabilities.html

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Feds accuse Rhode Island of warehousing kids with mental health

(3 days ago) WEBBOSTON (AP) — Rhode Island violated the civil rights of hundreds of children with mental health or developmental disabilities by routinely and unnecessarily segregating them at Bradley Hospital, an acute-care psychiatric hospital, federal …

https://apnews.com/article/rhode-island-mental-health-bradley-hospital-87f3a1a1863ecf1cd9426581eff73e6a

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Health Disparities in American Indian or Alaska Native People

(6 days ago) WEBThe rate of TB disease in American Indians and Alaska Natives was 4.3 cases per 100,000 population, which is over eight times higher than the rate of TB disease in non-Hispanic whites (0.5 cases per 100,000 population). Overall, 9,025 TB cases were reported to CDC from the 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2018.

https://www.cdc.gov/health-disparities-hiv-std-tb-hepatitis/populations/american-indian-alaska-native.html

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Dr. Jerome Larkin nominated R.I. state health director - The Boston …

(9 days ago) WEBThe search for a permanent director has been ongoing, but McKee has credited the length of the vacancy to pay: Rhode Island’s health director job pays $175,000, which the governor admits is less

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/10/metro/jerome-larkin-ri-health-department-director/

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Feds accuse Rhode Island of warehousing kids with mental health

(2 days ago) WEBFrom Jan. 1, 2017, through Sept. 30, 2022, 527 children in the care or custody of DCYF — or receiving services voluntarily through the agency — were admitted to Bradley Hospital.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2024/05/13/rhode-island-mental-health-bradley-hospital/925637a4-1170-11ef-9d37-865890cc2670_story.html

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Private equity in health care: three takeaways going forward

(9 days ago) WEBThree takeaways are: (1) Health care reimbursement is finite. The goal of short-term investments in providers that depend on third party reimbursement is a hard nut to crack and will be watched

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/private-equity-health-care-three-takeaways-going-forward-2024-05-09/

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MPW, Steward landlord, expects ‘orderly transition’ to new operators

(7 days ago) WEBMedical Properties Trust, the company that has been Steward Health Care’s landlord and financial lifeline, expects an “orderly transition of Steward’s operations to new operators

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/09/business/with-steward-ropes-landlord-expects-orderly-transition-new-operators/

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Batts Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence Dinner Celebrates …

(Just Now) WEBBatts Health Equity & Inclusive Excellence Dinner Celebrates 2024 Graduates. May 15, 2024. By August Ryan. On May 7, College of Medicine students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered at the Germantown Cricket Club for the annual Batts Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence Dinner.

https://drexel.edu/medicine/news-events/news-archive/2024/may/batts-health-equity-and-inclusive-excellence-dinner-celebrates-2024-graduates/

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