Three drivers of transformation

Our approach centers on three primary drivers of transformation. Depending on your needs, we apply these separately or in combination for the greatest impact.

Impact Analysis

Improvement projects, whether large or small, start with a hypothesis that a new approach will lead to different outcomes. Our Impact Analysis services enable you to clarify your hypothesis, align your effort with key drivers in your environment, and create a framework to monitor outcomes over time to understand and adapt to changing circumstances.

 

Service offerings:

  • Landscape Review and Systems Mapping
  • Organization and Community Goal Setting
  • Gap Assessment and Implementation Plan
  • Evaluation and Performance Monitoring
  • Sustainability Planning
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Stakeholder Collaboration

We empower our partners to co-create impactful interventions through integrating program priorities, shared infrastructure, and engagement methods. Our Stakeholder Collaboration services apply human-centered design and quality improvement methodology to align external system drivers and local stakeholder needs for shared value and positive change.

 

Service offerings:

  • Coalition Design and Facilitation
  • Policy and Program Education
  • Health Equity Strategy
  • Community Governance Development
  • Technology Architecture Design
  • Data Governance Framework
  • Data Management for Improvement
  • Data Exchange and Interoperability Strategy
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Systems Implementation

Our Community Health Transformation model is driven by the implementation and improvement of multiple layered systems. Our Systems Implementation services support organizations and communities to implement new workflows, connect data processes, and align policy frameworks in a coordinated fashion for lasting impact.

 

Service offerings:

  • Capacity Building
  • Workflow Assessment and Redesign
  • Data Governance Implementation
  • Privacy and Security Risk Assessment
  • Technology Vendor Procurement
  • Technology Implementation Guidance
  • Technology Onboarding and Adoption
  • Quality Improvement and Human-Centered Design Training
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A collaborative ecosystem approach

Across the United States, local innovation is driving the integration of health and social services to deliver holistic care that addresses health equity. The service models emerging in this cross-sector landscape require active collaboration and data exchange among diverse partners that often have no experience working together.

At Intrepid Ascent, we help community partners optimize their unique services while evolving together. Our work promotes the adoption of scalable technologies with a human-centered approach focused on both individual experience and collective impact.

Working with Intrepid Ascent has helped us drive our innovative data infrastructure projects forward more rapidly, and in a focused and effective manner. Their interdisciplinary teams are incredibly supportive and provide thoughtful, responsive, and high-quality expertise in a variety of subject matter areas, supporting the transformation of our community’s care delivery systems.

Emily Q. Chung, MPH, MCHES
Public Health Division Director, County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency, California

Policy Spotlight: DxF Services

To promote effective, whole person care, California has launched the Data Exchange Framework (DxF), which sets out guidelines to facilitate the secure and appropriate exchange of health and social services information. Intrepid Ascent is serving as a key thought leader for the DxF, providing organizations with webinars, one-on-one strategic coaching sessions, readiness assessments, and other support focused on the DxF and its implications on their work.

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