At OMNI, we have several Best Practice Teams that draw on and cultivate the talent of our staff from across our divisions. Our Data Visualization Best Practice Team primarily supports company-wide excellence and innovation in ‘data viz’. For OMNI, good data viz means more than just beautiful graphics, it means clear and easily understood data for a range of audiences and makes data accessible and useable for our clients and their stakeholders. 

For the past three and a half years, our team worked closely with the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providerson a pilot study designed to test and refine best practices for conducting outcomes data collection, analysis, and reporting for addiction treatment. We worked with eight treatment facilities to collect data on long-term outcomes for patients after leaving treatment and measured key indicators such as substance use, mental health, and social support. The study resulted in the publication of the NAATP Addiction Treatment Outcomes Measurement Toolkit: The Addiction Treatment Provider Guide to Standardized Outcomes, published in a special issue of the NAATP newsletter, Addiction Leader.  

In 2019, we are honored to announce Hannah Wolfson as the recipient of the OMNI Research Award for her findings of barriers to providing Gender Affirming Care for transgender and non-binary patients at Colorado’s Salud integrated health clinics, which primarily serve low-income and Latinx clients along the Front Range and in Eastern Colorado. 

This week is National Prevention Week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) annual time to promote public awareness and action around mental health and substance use disorders.

Naomi Randell first came to OMNI through the Public Interest Fellowship Program (PIFP) at Colorado College.

Since our founding in 1976, the OMNI Institute has invested in shared learning—the act of working together to achieve a common objective.

Last night our team received the James W. West, M.D. Quality Improvement Award for our research, analysis, and reporting regarding the tracking and measurement of addiction treatment outcomes obtained during the three-year Outcomes Pilot Program with NAATP as well as the production of The NAATP Outcomes Evaluation Toolkit.

This Sunday marks the start of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers’ Annual Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.

Mayra Coronado Garcia joined OMNI as a researcher in March 2019, with a focus on data analysis and management, and report development.

Jason Wheeler recently joined the team at OMNI as a Researcher in March of 2019, but he’s been interested in research his whole life.

Equity. It seems like this word is everywhere these days, but what does it really mean, and how do you effectively approach work with an equity lens?

We're halfway through National Public Health Week which got us thinking about all of the amazing work being done to advance health, both at the OMNI Institute and by our partners and colleagues nationwide.

I recently sat down with Thelma Craig and Dr. Terri Richardson, MD, Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the Colorado Black Health Collaborative to talk about the role of CBHC, how OMNI works alongside them, the importance of research and evaluation for their success, and how it has impacted their work in the Black Community.

News about the opioid epidemic this can be paralyzing—making us think there is nothing that can be done to address the epidemic which led to 558 deaths in 2017 in Colorado alone. The good news is not only is there something that can be done about the opioid epidemic, but hundreds of healthcare professionals in Colorado are convening this week to increase awareness and share lessons learned from the work that is already being tackled to address the crisis.

Each year, many of us like to set time aside in January to take stock of what we accomplished in the previous year as well as lay out what we hope to accomplish in the coming year.