Endorsements

CLIENT, PARTNER AND GRANTOR STATEMENTS

"Health Policy Research Northwest (HPRN) completed a comprehensive analysis of emergency department claims for the 100% Access partners, summarizing a vast data set into a concise report that highlighted important trends about the uninsured's emergency department use. This complex analysis will be invaluable to the 100% Access partnership as it designs community-based strategies for expanding access to care for the medically underserved."
- Ken Provencher, President and CEO, PacificSource Health Plans; Chair 100% Access Coalition

"HPRN has a unique ability to analyze complex data and explain the results and conclusions to diverse members of the community in a clear and understandable way."
- Susan Stearns, Director, 100% Access Coalition

"HPRN has been instrumental in getting the Medical Access Program (MAP) pilot off the ground. HPRN provided strong project management skills to design, build and roll out a new HIPAA-compliant website to screen for OHP, track the uninsured, and quantify the value of the providers' services. HPRN also offered us critical expertise in program evaluation."
- Priscilla Gould, Executive Director, United Way of Lane County; Member 100% Access Coalition

"HPRN is a vital new addition to Oregon's resources for improving health care, helping to identify and realize scientific solutions that advance the health of Oregonians."
- Anthony Biglan, PhD Director, Oregon Research Institute

"HPRN improves the public's health by providing data, assessment and evaluation to focus and strengthen community organization efforts. The collaborative interagency partnerships established by HPRN support work to enhance neighborhood livability, and will help positively impact the rate of childhood obesity in Lane County and throughout Oregon."
- Laurie Trieger, Executive Director, Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth (LCHAY)

"HPRN is a great public health asset to our community. Lane County Public Health is pleased with the opportunity to partner with HPRN across a number of efforts to improve the community's health, from decreasing infant mortality and preventing childhood obesity to increasing access to health care."
- Sarah Hendrickson, MD, Health Officer, Lane County Public Health

"As members of the 100% Access Coalition's Medical Access Program Operations Team, HPRN staff have been key contributors of design, structure and function for this bold new endeavor to expand healthcare access to the uninsured.  Without their input, guidance, and innovative perspective, the program would have taken much longer to become operational and easily could have veered off course."
 - Tom Hambly R.N., Care Coordinator, Medical Access Plan, United Way 100% Access Coalition

"HPRN, collaborating with a leading researcher at the OHSU Department of Emergency Medicine, produced an informative and exhaustive data-driven analysis of Emergency Department utilization in the State of Oregon.  In addition, working closely with the medical community and multiple local organizations, HPRN developed a seamless and user-friendly software for client enrollment into the United Way of Lane County 100% Medical Access Program for uninsured, underserved patients.  These contributions to the community's health have been invaluable."
- Gary Young MD, ED Medical Director, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene/Springfield OR