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How states and localities are improving the quality of education, health, and human services through integrated data systems: An interview with Dennis Culhane

Evidence-based Policy, Government Agencies, IDS, IDS Uses, News, Social Impact, Social Policy Innovation / Tian McPherson

Programs and agencies in government often exist in silos, where the efforts of one aren’t necessarily connected with others and their data are not shared between them. That slows the process within government of learning what works, coordinating efforts, spurring social innovation, and continuous improvement. A growing number of states and localities, however, are developing Integrated […]

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J-PAL North America launches health care delivery innovation competition

Administrative Data, Developing Sites, IDS, IDS Uses, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) North America has launched a new Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition that will support U.S. federal, state, and local health agencies and other health care organizations in developing compelling and reliable evidence of the impact of innovative programs. The J-PAL Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition will support visionary health

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Health Affairs Journal Devotes Issue to Data Integration

Administrative Data, Evidence-based Policy, IDS Uses / Tian McPherson

Health Affairs devoted its entire July 2014 issue to the issue of integrating administrative data–with a specific focus on its potential to affect patient care. This issue also pays close attention to privacy concerns, policy implications, and IT infrastructure. For more information, the Table of Contents for this volume can be found here.

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Unprecedented Pay For Success Initiative Launched in New York State

Administrative Data, IDS Uses, Social Impact, Social Policy Innovation / Tian McPherson

New York State has launched its first ever state-led Social Impact Bond (SIB), and Social Finance, a nonprofit organization that presented at AISP’s November 2013 conference, played a key role in its inception. In this deal, many organizations and agencies, including Social Finance, The State of New York, The Center for Employment Opportunities, Bank of

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Chemical Dependency Treatment Leads to Reduction of Crime

AISP Network, Research / Tian McPherson

The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), with participation from the Research and Data Analysis Division (RDA), has published Drug Court Outcomes, a study examining a set of analyses for the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) about the experiences of individuals who received chemical dependency (CD) treatment. This project is

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