Trenton Health Team: A Holistic Approach to Social Services

Posted on March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 by DASH-Admin

Example from the Field The Trenton Health Team (THT) is an innovative, multi-sector partnership dedicated to the health and well-being of the greater New Jersey Trenton community. THT, along with community healthcare system partners, understand that health and well-being are inextricably linked to housing quality, food security, neighborhood safety, education, and nurturing environments – “upstream” health factors with long-term – “downstream” – influence. To realize our Vision for a Healthy Tr...

White Paper: How Tulsa is Preserving Privacy and Sharing Data for Social Good

Posted on August 12, 2019 by DASH-Admin

Example from the Field Data sharing between organizations addressing social risk factors has the potential to amplify impact by increasing direct service capacity and efficiency. Unfortunately, the risks of and restrictions on sharing personal data often limit this potential, and adherence to regulations such as HIPAA and FERPA can make data sharing a significant challenge. DASH CIC-START awardee Restore Hope Ministries worked with Asemio to utilize technology that allows for the analysis of...

Health Care: Unlocking the Value of Data Sharing

Posted on February 19, 2019April 17, 2019 by DASH-Admin

Primary Stakeholder: Hospitals and Health Systems Integrating health care data with data from other sectors helps address the holistic needs of individual patients while informing the development of population-level programs and policies that can improve outcomes, both in health care and other sectors. This paper provides guidance for those in non-health care sectors (e.g. housing, social services, community-based organizations) on effectively engaging and advancing conversations with health ca...

Care Coordination Platform Onboarding Document

Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 by DASH-Admin

Example from the Field The North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN) was funded by DASH CIC-START to add new partners, sectors, mental health client summary data, and facility alerts to ACT.md, the care coordination and alerts notification system in Humboldt County, CA. As part of their CIC-START project, NCHIIN developed this document, which provides a methodology for onboarding new organizations, data streams, and sectors into the ACT.md platform. While this document ...

Data Sharing and the Law

Posted on November 5, 2018November 28, 2018 by DASH-Admin

Workshop Proceedings: Deep Dive on Consent Data sharing initiatives can be hyper-local, but they are all subject to the same federal laws regarding privacy and consent. Working through Data Sharing Consent or Release of Information forms can be almost frightening in this highly regulated landscape. During a Deep Dive workshop at the 2018 All In: Data for Community Health National Meeting, attorneys from the Network for Public Health Law explored when consent may or may not be the key to shar...