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Who we are
Public Health Resource Group (PHRG), together with Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, are independent healthcare research and planning firms headquartered in Portland, Maine. PHRG specializes in focused health services planning projects in public health, emergency preparedness and community assessment. PHRI specializes in improving chronic care services in communities, health systems, regions and countries, performing chronic disease care planning studies using the Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions (ICCC) framework. PHRI also conducts evaluation studies. PHRG’s emergency public health preparedness work consists of consulting to improve public health infrastructure through planning based on the ten essential public health services. A particular emphasis is on the use of data systems and technology. PHRG also consults in the implementation of health information systems for private sector clients and governments. Clients who can benefit from our services include provider organizations, insurers, public health organizations, governments, labor unions and employers.
Our Goal
PHRG and PHRI strive to improve the health status of populations through innovations at the community, health organization, policy, and patient level. We believe that lasting improvements in health status occur when communities, patients and families and health providers (public and private) are involved in planning and implementing change.
What makes us different?
Expertise, years of experience in health needs assessments and extensive relationships with practitioners, academic medical
centers, and research organizations enables PHRG to provide you with solutions that support the needs of populations
and stakeholders. PHRG is committed to assisting clients through all phases of the project: from assessment and planning
to coordination and management to monitoring and evaluation. PHRG’s approach is based on rational planning with proven
assessment and planning tools and processes. Each project begins with a realistic framework of the critical components
of change process. This provides us a clear understanding of the current situation, the population served and the stakeholders
required for effective innovations in the areas of prevention, treatment, surveillance and preparedness. This process
provides the basis for need-based solutions that can be monitored over time against performance and outcome indicators.
Over the past 15 years, PHRG has conducted planning and research studies for federal, state and local governmental entities, hospitals and health systems; associations and health insurance companies in the US and abroad. Clients retain our services for our expertise, methods and experience base we bring to the assignments and our history of delivering high quality information for decision-making on time and in budget.