Feminine hygiene products, or period products, not only promote good hygiene but also contribute to the overall health and well-being of menstruating women and girls. Many face cost barriers in accessing these products, however, as we discuss in our explainer. #PeriodPoverty #WomensHealth
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
公共政策办公室
Little Rock，AR 1,953 位关注者
ACHI is a nonpartisan, independent, health policy center that serves as a catalyst to improve the health of Arkansans.
关于我们
The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) operates in the intersection between research and policy. Our mission is to be a catalyst for improving the health of Arkansans through evidence-based research, public issue advocacy, and collaborative program development. Since our inception in 1998, ACHI has become widely recognized as a trusted advisor, providing critical data, analyses, and strategies that drive decisions and shape public policy surrounding the health and productivity of Arkansans. Our work is focused on population health policy and health system transformation initiatives that improve quality, value and access.
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https://achi.net
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 公共政策办公室
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 总部
- Little Rock，AR
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1998
- 领域
- Development of evidence-based health policy solutions、Population health issue advocacy、Collaborative program development和Informing health policy dialogue
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1401 W. Capitol Avenue
Suite 300
US，AR，Little Rock，72201
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement员工
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In the latest ACHI Weekly Roundup: ? A look at healthcare spending in Arkansas. ? ACHI President and CEO Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH on a way Arkansas could improve #MaternalHealth. ? Which state #Medicaid programs cover #WeightLoss drugs.
A look at AR healthcare expenditures; state Medicaid programs increasingly covering weight-loss meds
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ACHI Director of Information Systems Architecture Kenley Money was part of a group from ACHI and UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences that met with researchers and college deans at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville this week to share how #HealthData available through the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative can support a wide range of research projects in the state.
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Arkansas should consider adding severe maternal morbidity to the state trauma system, ACHI President and CEO Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH writes in his latest column for the Healthcare Journal of Arkansas. #MaternalHealth #InfantHealth
ACHI President Advocates Expanding Trauma System to Include Severe Maternal Morbidity - ACHI
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For #NationalRuralHealthDay, we revisit ACHI Health Policy Director Craig Wilson's column for Talk Business & Politics discussing how the loss of labor and delivery services in rural Arkansas communities puts mothers and babies at risk. #RuralHealth #MaternalHealth
Loss of Labor and Delivery Services at Rural Hospitals Raises Risk for Arkansas Moms - ACHI
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State Medicaid programs are increasingly providing coverage for #WeightLoss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound, ACHI Policy Analyst Elizabeth (Izzy) Montgomery writes in a new blog post. #obesity #HealthcareCosts
States Medicaid Programs Increasingly Opting To Cover Weight-Loss Drugs - ACHI
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Today we launched an interactive dashboard on our website that lets users explore data on healthcare expenditures in Arkansas for the years 2021 through 2023. #HealthcareSpending #HealthData
Dashboard: Arkansas Healthcare Expenditures - ACHI
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Teens who spend four or more hours a day looking at screens for reasons not related to schoolwork are more likely to experience anxiety and depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. #ScreenTime #YouthMentalHealth
4 or More Hours of Daily Screen Time Linked to Higher Anxiety, Depression in Teens - ACHI
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In the latest ACHI Weekly Roundup: ? The Northwest Arkansas Council and Heartland Whole Health Institute issue a roadmap for strengthening Northwest Arkansas's healthcare sector. ? School-Based Health Alliance of Arkansas Executive Director Tamara Baker on school-based health centers. ? A look at #naloxone prescribing trends in Arkansas. ? Thursday was #WorldDiabetesDay.
Strengthening NWA's healthcare sector; how school-based health centers can improve educational outcomes
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Our updated analysis of #naloxone prescribing in Arkansas finds that in 2023 there was a small increase in prescription fills of the overdose-reversal drug among Arkansans with high-dose opioid prescriptions. #opioids #OpioidCrisis
Data Watch: Naloxone Prescription in Response to the Opioid Epidemic - ACHI
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