It’s been a busy Summer here at Abt Associates and I’m excited to bring you the latest edition of our Data Science e-newsletter. Read on to learn how we’re working with Ukraine to expand access to innovative telemedicine services and technologies; how we’re partnering with California to transform healthcare delivery, making it more equitable and person-centered; and how an interactive dashboard can help officials understand trends to improve child nutrition in the U.S.
I invite you to share the newsletter with interested colleagues, networks, and partners, andshare your ideas for what you want to see in the future.
Take good care,
Matt Gillingham
Vice President, Data Science and Digital Innovation
MISSION IMPACT REPORT 2023
Our recently-released Mission Impact Report captures the breadth of how our teams work with urgency to lead change, build resilience, and center equity across our partnerships and programs. Visit our interactive report to explore how we’re:
Working with Ukraine’s Ministry of Healthto create a standardized process to safely deploy appropriate telemedicine technologies and trainings to 1,000 medical workers,
Using spatial analysis and data mappingto help States, Tribal Organizations, and Territories make sense of a decades-worth of data from the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) pilots to reach more families with nutrition assistance,
Covering more than 12 million people in California, Medi-Cal is a critical program providing essential healthcare services every day. Under itsCalifornia Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative, the state is transforming healthcare delivery to address the root causes of health disparities and deliver more equitable, coordinated, person-centered care. As part of the Providing Access and Transforming Health Technical Assistance Marketplace,learn how Abt is supporting all seven of the program’s domains.
As states shift to managed care delivery models for their state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) needs to ensure these programs deliver compliant, quality care. Abt is applying our Medicaid and CHIP programmatic expertise and our technological solutioning to help CMCS and its partner states monitor and oversee these programs.Learn more >>
Fueled by emerging technologies and integrated customer service experiences, citizens expect more from their interactions with government agencies and services when seeking information or support. That's why we developed VOICE, a multi-channel solution for government to citizen engagement built on emerging technologies, cloud-based systems, and Abt’s 60 years of survey research, policy and subject-matter expertise.Learn about VOICE >>
Abt is proud to continue its work to reduce tuberculosis (TB) cases in Uzbekistan. Through TB Free Uzbekistan, Abt will partner with the country’s National TB Program to strengthen the capacity of people and institutions; improve data availability, use, and system interoperability; and operationalize policies and guidelines. Learn more >>
SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURE
For the past decade, Abt has conducted evaluations of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) pilots, which provide grocery assistance to households with eligible children during summer months when millions lose access to free or reduced-price school lunches. The Abt-developed Summer EBT Data Dashboard provides an easy, user-friendly way to access and visualize 10+ years of data to find insights about the program. The dashboard includes data on a variety of topics, from how often benefits are used, to the foods purchased, and household distances to grocery stores. Data can be analyzed and compared across years. Learn more about the dashboard >>
