Wonks at Work

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Podcast by ACHI

  1. 6월 22일

    Information Age: Kevin McAvey

    Data can be a powerful component in strategies to improve public health and healthcare outcomes. Research, quality improvement activities, and program development and evaluation all require reliable data infrastructure. That’s why, more than a decade ago, our state established the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative, which includes an all-payer claims database, or APCD. To learn more about the role of APCDs and similar efforts underway around the country, we are joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Kevin McAvey, managing director of Manatt Health in New York and a recognized expert on state data assets.

    19분

  2. 6월 5일

    Upstream: Dr. Bala Simon

    One of the best strategies for improving health outcomes involves prevention and addressing health issues before they escalate into a costly hospital stay, chronic condition, or something worse. Achieving that level of care at scale, however, isn’t exactly easy. It requires healthy systems that encourage things like regular preventive screenings, coverage options and policies that consistently support that level of care, and a workforce focused on preventive medicine. To learn more about efforts to develop that workforce, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Dr. Bala Simon with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, which has received initial accreditation to form the Dr. Joseph H. Bates Preventive Medicine Residency Program.

    16분

  3. 4월 7일

    Food, Glorious Food: Dr. Pete DelNero

    Limited access to nutritious food can undermine patient treatment and recovery. That’s especially true for the often long and arduous recovery many cancer patients face. Vulnerable populations who struggle with social and economic challenges such as food insecurity are at increased risk. Now a program called “Hope for Cancer: Healthy Outcomes Through Produce Prescriptions and Education” is exploring whether healthcare providers can complement a cancer patient’s existing treatment by increasing access to healthy, fresh foods through food-as-medicine interventions. To learn more about the program, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Dr. Pete DelNero with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

    18분

  4. 3월 10일

    Building Bridges: Dr. Robert McGehee

    The research that helps drive health improvement and strong policy advancements in Arkansas doesn’t take place in a vacuum. It needs people committed to that work, the resources to fuel it, and the infrastructure to pull it all together and keep it moving forward. Just over 20 years ago, the Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI) was established as an agricultural and medical research consortium dedicated to improving the health of Arkansans. It is also one of the most prolific users of data in the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative, which ACHI administers on behalf of the Arkansas Insurance Department. To learn more about ABI and the roles data and research play in Arkansas, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Dr. Robert “Bobby” McGehee, who recently retired after two decades at the institute’s helm.

    25분

  5. 2월 24일

    Come Healing: Paul Chapman

    Helping a community heal is hard work. That’s especially true when lives and families are disrupted by incarceration, dependency, the need for child welfare interventions, or other crises. Fortunately, there are people and organizations committed to making that healing possible. One of those groups is Restore Hope, an Arkansas-based organization that has developed a model to help families move from crisis to stability and onto careers using existing community resources. To learn about how it’s grown from serving a handful of Arkansas counties to locations across multiple states and parts of Canada, as well as what’s coming next, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Paul Chapman, director of Restore Hope.

    17분

  6. 1월 21일

    The Climb: Kira Kennedy

    The Climb: Kira Kennedy by ACHI

    14분

  7. 1월 5일

    One Day at a Time: Dr. Stephanie Rose

    Youth substance abuse and addiction remain serious concerns for parents and communities here in Arkansas and around the country. There is, however, some evidence suggesting that substance use behaviors among youth have been on the decline for the past decade. While that's good news, data show that a considerable number of young people are still impacted, and those who struggle with addiction face a long and challenging road ahead. To better understand the state of youth substance abuse and addiction in Arkansas, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Dr. Stephanie Rose, who directs the Addiction Studies Program at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

    19분

  8. 2025. 12. 17.

    Settling Things: Dr. John Ahlen

    Twenty-five years ago, with billions of dollars set to begin flowing to states as part of a long-term settlement agreement with U.S. tobacco companies, Arkansas bucked a trend. While many states were poised to commit those funds to a wide range of purposes, sometimes unrelated to health care entirely, communities and public health leaders across Arkansas, including those here at ACHI, rallied together to ensure that the state's allotment was used solely to fund much-needed health programs. The result was the Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act of 2000, which established seven programs to help improve the health of Arkansans. To learn how these programs have impacted our state, we’re joined on this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast by Dr. John Ahlen, retired president of the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, who served on the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission from 2001 to 2013.

    14분
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