Ask Rhode Islanders how they shop for health insurance

Ask Rhode Islanders how they shop for health insurance
HealthSource RI How Rhode Islanders shop for insurance

Ask Rhode Islanders how they shop for health insurance

HealthSource RI, Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange, created new opportunities for Rhode Islanders to compare and purchase health insurance. To gauge the needs and preferences of HealthSource RI’s potential customers, The MHC group conducted and analyzed the results of 12 listening sessions with residents across the state.

Participants included farmers, artists, bus drivers, unemployed Rhode Islanders, nannies and college students.

HealthSource RI used the results of the listening sessions to shape outreach efforts, alter the design of its online application, and set priorities for future technology changes.

Client

Rhode Island Hospital

Tasks

Focus group design, recruitment, facilitation and analysis

Timeframe

Winter 2012-Spring 2013

Assess the health of all Rhode Islanders

Assess the health of all Rhode Islanders
Rhode Island health assessment

Assess the health of all Rhode Islanders

Rhode Island is devoted to developing a collaborative and thorough approach to improving the health of all of its residents. But before the state could create this plan, it needed a comprehensive overview of Rhode Island’s current health needs.

Over the course of a year and a half, The MHC Group contributed project management, writing, and editing support for the Rhode Island State Health Improvement Assessment Report, which gathered and analyzed the most recent data about the state’s overarching physical and behavioral health burdens.

The MHC Group worked with a range of state agencies and other partners to create this nearly 150-page analysis of state population health data.

Client

State of Rhode Island, State Innovation Model (SIM) Grant

Tasks

Research, write, edit and project manage population health assessment report

Timeframe

February 2016-June 2017

Bring energy efficiency close to home

Bring energy efficiency close to home

This Cold House

Here in Rhode Island, the gas or oil you burn to heat your home probably accounts for 1/3 of all your CO2 emissions, the same emissions that are causing climate change. But what else can we do? We need to stay warm in the winter, don’t we?

For this podcast episode, The MHC Group’s Megan Hall turned the microphone on her own family as she navigated the process of making their home more energy-efficient.

“This Cold House” aired on The Public’s Radio on October 8, 2018. You can listen here.

 

Client

The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Tasks

Transform concept into sound rich podcast.

Timeframe

Spring 2018 – Fall 2018

Make educational podcasts for physicians

Make educational podcasts for physicians
educational podcasts for physicians

Neurostories Podcast

Obstetricians treat pregnant women. Neurologists treat chronic migraines. But who treats pregnant women with chronic migraines? The answer is often unclear.

To address this gap in medical knowledge, The MHC group helped Rhode Island Hospital Neurologist Dr. Julie Roth make a series of podcasts.

“The Push,” uses patient stories and interviews with experts to describe the treatment options for pregnant women with epilepsy, chronic migraine, stroke and other neurological issues.

Listen on iTunes or at Neurostories.com

Client

Rhode Island Hospital

Tasks

Provide training, editing and project management for podcast series

Timeframe

Winter – Spring 2017

Turn academic lectures into online courses

Turn academic lectures into online courses
Evidence Synthesis Academy

Turn academic lectures into online courses

Systematic reviews answer important questions by finding, combining and analyzing all existing evidence about a particular topic.

This kind of research could be useful to all sorts of people, including lawmakers, journalists, and advocacy groups, but it’s rare that these audiences know about systematic reviews, much less how to use them.

The MHC Group has been working with the Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health (CESH) to change that, by creating free, open access, online courses for anyone who wants to learn more about evidence synthesis and systematic reviews. So far, the team has developed seven courses, available at EvsynthAcademy.org.

Client

Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health (CESH) at Brown University

Tasks

Write, edit and manage creation of online courses

Timeframe

Spring 2017-Summer 2020

Explain evidence synthesis in under four minutes

Explain evidence synthesis in under four minutes
How to explain evidence synthesis

Explain evidence synthesis in under 4 minutes

The team at Brown University’s Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health (CESH) gathers and analyzes existing research to answer important health questions. It can take months to conduct these systematic reviews. How to describe this work in under four minutes? With an animated video.

The MHC Group partnered with Motion Morsels to create “The Steps of a Systematic Review,” a three-and-a-half-minute explainer video. Motion Morsels created the beautiful animation and The MHC Group wrote the animation script, oversaw the review process and recorded the final narration.

Link to video

Client

Brown University Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health

Tasks

Script, narrate and manage production of explainer video

Timeframe

Fall 2017

Talk to small group doctors about patient centered medical homes

Talk to small group doctors about patient centered medical homes
Patient Centered Medical Homes

Talk to small group doctors about Patient Centered Medical Homes

The Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) is committed to increasing the number of physician practices that become Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs). Patient Centered Medical Homes use patient data and a team approach to encourage preventive care and manage patients with chronic health conditions.

OHIC is particularly interested in how to motivate small group physician practices to become PCHMs.

The MHC Group worked with The Providence Plan to develop and facilitate three focus groups with Rhode Island physicians from small group practices and presented the results to OHIC’s Care Transformation Advisory Committee in October of 2015.

Client

Office of The Health Insurance Commissioner

Tasks

Focus group design, facilitation and analysis

Timeframe

Summer-Fall 2015

Challenge assumptions about youth voting

Challenge assumptions about youth voting
Young Voter assumptions

Challenge assumptions about youth voting

How do you challenge assumptions about youth voting in Rhode Island? Condense your most surprising facts into a short quiz.

The MHC Group worked with DataSpark and a team of youth engagement advocates to write and design this interactive quiz about the habits of young voters and potential policy changes to help young people participate in elections.

View the quiz here.

Client

Dataspark

Tasks

Research, write and edit educational quiz

Timeframe

Summer 2015

Create a how-to guide for making podcasts

Create a how-to guide for making podcasts
podcast how-to guide

Create a how to guide for making podcasts

After listening to your favorite podcasts for years, have you ever had the desire to make one yourself?

The MHC Group wrote this handbook with Neurologist Julie Roth to help health care professionals make podcasts, but most of the advice is general enough for any aspiring podcaster.

Use this guide to learn about recording gear, interview techniques and how to release your podcast into the world. Download a version here: Podcasting for Medical Education: A how to guide.

Client

Rhode Island Hospital

Tasks

Design, write and edit podcast handbook

Timeframe

Spring 2017

Interview Public Health Experts

Interview Public Health Experts

Humans in Public Health Podcast

How can we prepare for the next pandemic? What’s the best way to combat health misinformation? These are the types of questions that the faculty at the Brown School of Public Health explore every day. The Humans in Public Health podcast is a special series for National Public Health Week, devoted to talking to the people behind this work.

Megan Hall from The MHC Group is the host and executive producer of Humans in Public Health. Tino Delamerced was the producer of the 2022 series and Nat Hardy is the current producer.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Client

Brown University School of Public Health

Tasks

Conceive, Host, and oversee interview podcast .

Timeframe

Spring 2021 – Present

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