Empowering healthcare organizations
& community partners to innovate
and maximize value.
Design and launch strategies, system, and trainings to achieve remarkable health, equity and social impacts.
At SmartRise Health, we help healthcare organizations, their staff, and community partners work together to make the most impact:
We offer leadership and expertise, using flexible and custom solutions for health and social care providers, payors, and technology partners.
Our goal is to promote health equity and create social change through collaborative learning, data analysis, and effective action.
We use best practices in change management and performance improvement to deliver results.
We develop and support interventions, track progress, and focus on continuous growth and improvement.
Our Approach to Healthcare
Transformation
What We Do
We partner with healthcare organizations and their leaders to design, implement, and sustain initiatives that drive measurable impact in care delivery, health equity, and workforce development.
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Insights & Leadership Perspectives
What is Health Equity?
Health equity refers to the principle and practice of ensuring that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to achieve their full health potential, regardless of social, economic, or environmental factors that may disadvantage certain groups. It focuses on eliminating health disparities caused by systemic inequities, such as poverty, racism, discrimination, and unequal access to healthcare resources.
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Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs)
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SmartRise Health is a consulting and educational organization that partners with stakeholders to drive value-based care, population health, health equity, quality improvement, and strategic innovation across the care continuum. We work with multi-billion-dollar healthcare systems, independent physician associations, pharmaceutical companies, community-based organizations and technology startups alike.
Regardless of organizational size and priorities, we employ an evidence-based sustainable and methodological approach to develop and implement initiatives that improve quality, and create long-term change.
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We offer a comprehensive suite of services, including:
Care transformation design
NCQA health plan and health system accreditation support
Project implementation and optimization
Value-based care and quality improvement consulting
Workforce development, coaching, and leadership training
Health Equity Learning Collaboratives and Fellowship programs
Health Equity Impact Assessments
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Our Health Equity Learning Collaboratives / Fellowships are 12-18 month cohort-based programs that develop and expand organizational capacity for results-orientated project-centered leadership. Fellows receive coaching and instruction in health equity, quality improvement, stakeholder engagement, and systems change, and then apply what they've learned to real-world initiatives that have a measurable impact on closing gaps in key clinical measures.
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A Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) is a thorough, data-driven examination of how a policy, program, or facility change would affect health equity, particularly for medically underserved communities. In New York State, the HEIA is a mandatory part of the Certificate of Need (CON) process for certain healthcare facilities under Public Health Law §2802-b (effective June 22, 2023). As an certified “independent entity,” SmartRise Health assists organizations in meeting legal obligations, identifying equality gaps, engaging stakeholders, and developing meaningful, equity-focused solutions.
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We collaborate with a wide range of clients, including small community-based nonprofits, large health systems, government agencies, and industry leaders. Our staff has extensive experience in clinical, policy, technology, and public health areas.
Ready to Create Meaningful Change?
Our team works alongside healthcare leaders and partners to design customized strategies that drive measurable results.