Community & Workplace Health

With funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, RTI is evaluating the implementation and impact of the Accountable Health Communities Model (AHC).  This model is testing whether screening beneficiaries for social needs and navigating them to community services will reduce health care expenditures and improve healthcare utilization.  In 2020, RTI completed the First Evaluation Report.  

What’s the best way to train thousands of nurses, environmental services workers, and other frontline health care staff in the latest best practices in infection control and prevention? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formed Project Firstline, an infection control training collaborative, to help all health care workers obtain foundational knowledge of infection control needed to protect the nation from infectious disease threats. RTI supports Project Firstline by helping CDC design a training strategy, develop engaging training and educational materials, disseminate training content through social media and other platforms, and conduct research needed to inform and evaluate the training products.

Did you know a majority of adults who misuse opioids are employed? How can employers help address substance misuse in the workplace?  Working with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), RTI developed The Opioid Prevention at Work Interactive Guide, an interactive online resource for employers to help them understand, recognize, and prevent substance misuse in the workplace. The guide identifies cost-effective prevention strategies that employers can adopt to help address substance misuse.