Publications
This short video highlights the work of Birth Equity and Support through the Inclusion of Doula Expertise (BESIDE) Investment Program. This video features Massachusetts State Senator Liz Miranda, BESIDE awardee, Baystate Medical Center staff and their doula service partners, Springfield Family Doulas, along with a BESIDE program participant.
This document explains the core concepts of the MassUP Program and provides examples of how they were put into practice by each of the four MassUP partnerships.
SHIFT-Care Challenge awardees were required to propose and conduct evaluations of their initiatives. Some awardees conducted their evaluations themselves while others subcontracted all or a portion of the evaluation work to external firms. The resulting evaluation materials, in combination with quarterly written program updates and quantitative data submitted by the awardees, were used as source material for production of this report.
This report provides an overview of the SHIFT-Care Challenge Investment Program, which supported innovations to address health-related social needs and increase access to timely behavioral health services, with the goal of decreasing the use of costly and avoidable hospital care in Massachusetts.
Profiles of the Birth Equity and Support Through the Inclusion of Doula Expertise (BESIDE) Investment Program awardees, Baystate Medical Center and Boston Medical Center
The SENSE Collaborative is a cross-sector collaboration addressing unmet needs for pregnant and parenting individuals with substance use disorders and their infants. SENSE focuses on organizing and increasing access to health care, supportive services, and resources for this population.
The HPC’s SHIFT-Care SHIFT-Care Investment Program provided funding for Baystate Medical Center and PHIWM to implement an evidence-based home visit and remediation service that aimed to reduce acute care utilization and out-of-pocket health care costs, and improve the quality of life for people living with asthma.
Descriptions of programs implemented by Awardees participating in the Cost-Effective, Coordinated Care for Caregivers and Substance Exposed Newborns (C4SEN) Investment Program
One-page overview of the Birth Equity and Support through the Inclusion of Doula Expertise (BESIDE) Investment Program
Brief profiles of each HPC-certified ACO, using non-confidential information submitted to the HPC through ACO Certification and other public data (includes ACOs certified by the HPC in 2022 - 2023).