February 2021
Cost Savings with Medicaid Dental for Adults with Disabilities
The most recent evidence base suggests significant Medicaid cost savings associated with dental
benefits for adults with disabilities.
January 2021
MSRGN Virtual Winter Meeting 2021
The meeting brought our MSRGN membership together to share progress on 6 initiatives of our new grant cycle to foster state team collaboration and to launch 4 surveys for 3
January 2021
Nueces Co. Health Equity Data Dashboard and Report
Corpus Christi — The Nueces County government and hospital district have launched an innovative effort to develop a health equity report and data analytics platform. The combined offering will provide
December 2020
What is the State of Primary Care in your County?
A live, first-of-its-kind interactive dashboard developed using existing national and state data sources. Each county profile presents a comparison of county- and state-level data for over 50 measures across six
December 2020
Mapping Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Health and Opportunity
This Interactive Perspective, which uses data aggregated by the Health Opportunity and Equity (HOPE) Initiative, allows readers to view and compare data on a range of indicators for each state
October 2020
New Study from Texas Health Institute and Memorial Hermann
New study finds residents of Southwest Houston face numerous barriers on the road to good health
September 2020
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Planning Initiative
The purpose of the initiative is to strengthen and expand the capacity of rural communities to engage high risk populations and improve Substance Use Disorder/Opioid Use Disorder prevention, treatment, and
August 2020
HOPE Initiative Interactive Website
The Health Opportunity and Equity (HOPE) Initiative provides an interactive data tool designed to help states and the country move beyond measuring disparities to spurring action toward health equity. HOPE
June 2020
What Drives Health in Southwest Houston?
Findings from a community-based survey of the social determinants of health
June 2020
HOPE Initiative for COVID-19: Website
We paired COVID-19 data with HOPE indicators to reveal the connections among the pandemic’s inequitable outcomes and critical measures of health and opportunity.