Mission
To inform data-driven policymaking that improves health, health equity, and the value of healthcare spending in Ohio.
Vision
Every Ohioan reaches their full health potential
Principles
HPIO’s principles, which are also key elements of its mission, are:
- Improving health. Health is defined by the World Health Organization as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Many factors, including community conditions, access to quality healthcare, health behaviors and genetics influence health.
- Improving health equity. Health equity means that everyone can achieve their full health potential. This requires addressing historical and present-day injustices and removing obstacles to health and wellbeing.
- Improving the value of healthcare spending. The goal of high-value healthcare spending is to manage overall expenditure growth, reduce unnecessary spending and ensure access to affordable, high-quality care.
The foundational elements of achieving HPIO’s vision are that:
- Healthcare is accessible, timely and affordable
- Healthcare delivery is high-quality, effective and person-centered
- Public health and prevention are valued and resourced
- Fairness, dignity and opportunity are experienced by all people in every aspect of life
- Community conditions, such as housing and transportation, support health
- Sectors that impact health collaborate and align their work
Background
HPIO was created in 2003 by a collaborative of philanthropic leaders. These funders recognized the need for a statewide organization focused on independent, non-partisan health policy analysis.
HPIO is Ohio’s only nonpartisan organization dedicated solely to informing health policy decisions. HPIO’s independence from any particular sector, strong financial support from philanthropy and its knowledgeable staff enables the organization to be objective, responsive and driven by data and evidence.
Our Work
Federal, state and local public policy play an instrumental role in achieving health value. Policy change, as a complement to health programs and services, is a key lever to impacting healthcare spending and health outcomes.
HPIO’s work focuses on public policy decisions that can lead to improved health value. The Institute’s primary audience is public policymakers at the state and local level.
For many years HPIO’s work has centered on all of the factors that influence health, including racism and discrimination, community conditions, healthcare access and services, public health and prevention and collaboration among sectors.
Pathway to Impact
HPIO’s overarching goal of ensuring that every Ohioan reaches their full health potential influences the types of work in which we engage and the tactics we use.
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HPIO provides leadership and expertise through:
- Policy research and analysis HPIO translates complex data and evidence into actionable policy insights. We dig deep into trends and consider the policymaking landscape to inform comprehensive analysis, focusing attention on key health needs through data snapshots and visualizations.
- Assessment and planning HPIO assesses the strengths and needs of our state and communities and creates actionable plans. We excel at tapping into data from public sources and insights gathered through advisory committees, focus groups, listening sessions and surveys.
- Program and policy evaluation HPIO conducts both process and outcome evaluations to articulate and measure progress toward program and policy goals. HPIO also facilitates improvement processes and creates tools that enable other organizations to efficiently assess outcomes.
For more information about HPIO's work and strategic plan click here.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
HPIO is committed to advancing equity to ensure all Ohioans achieve their full health potential. We understand that achieving equity requires eliminating injustices and fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible culture and environment.
HPIO’s commitment is rooted in an understanding that:
- Systems, policies and beliefs unfairly favor some Ohioans over others.
- Systematically disadvantaged communities face historical and contemporary obstacles to good health driven by racism, ageism, ableism, sexism, classism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and religious, geographic, and other forms of discrimination.
- Individuals can be further negatively impacted when their identities intersect across systematically disadvantaged groups (e.g., Ohioan of color with a disability).
- Diversity across perspectives, lived experiences and identities strengthens organizational culture and performance.
Our People
HPIO Staff
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We can help you navigate a rapidly changing healthcare and public health environment to ensure you are making well-informed decisions that meet your goals and objectives.
Our staff’s diverse education and expertise enables us to provide high-quality analysis on a wide range of health policy issues.
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Our Location
HPIO’s offices are located in downtown Columbus
140 E. Town StreetSuite 1000 Columbus, Ohio 43215
Main Phone Number:
614-224-4950
