Adirondack Health Institute has received from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) a one-year, $200,000 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Planning grant. Funding will support treatment for and the prevention of substance use disorders in...
Nearly 250 professionals attended Adirondack Health Institute’s 10th Annual Summit, Celebrating a Decade of Collaborative Excellence: Improving Health Outcomes, September 27 in Lake Placid. NYS DOH’s Gregory Allen provided a compelling keynote address,...
Nearly $5.2 million has been awarded by the AHI Performing Provider System (AHI PPS) to partner organizations in nine North Country New York counties to undertake innovative and transformative health care projects. Innovation and Transformation funding, two parts of...
On April 1, 2018, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), in partnership with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), launched an innovative model for improving primary care and expanding access to high-quality providers, the New York State...
Essex County on September 4 became the first North Country county in the state to pass legislation raising the minimum legal sale age for all tobacco products to 21. The North Country Tobacco Use Reduction Task Force, an undertaking of AHI’s Population Health...
Melissa Davey, AHI’s Community Engagement Coordinator (second from right), recently completed a one-week fellowship course at Tufts University School of Medicine’s Health Literacy Leadership Institute in Boston. The educational program supports...
Youhwan Heo and Laura Scoville of Schroon Lake are expecting a child. The young couple was worried because they lacked health insurance until they connected with AHI’s Enrollment Assistance Services and Education (EASE) program and Enrollment Specialist, Janet...
AHI’s Population Health Improvement Program (PHIP) has published a report, Obesity in the North Country: Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults and Youth. The report presents and discusses national, New York State, and North Country data regarding the...
To better spotlight the work of Adirondack Health Institute and our partners, we are now using Constant Contact to share dynamic content in a more visually-appealing format. We have also rebranded our bi-weekly newsletter to reflect the full scope of information we...
The latest edition of AHI PPS DSRIP News has been published, featuring articles on the third round of innovation funding, the 10th Annual AHI Summit, and an Actively Engaged update. AHI PPS DSRIP News is a news digest containing DSRIP recaps, PPS deadlines, New York...
