Partners

Founded in 1904, the American Lung Association (ALA) is the nations oldest voluntary health agency. Supported by legions of dedicated volunteers, a professional staff and the country’s leading experts in lung disease, the vision of the ALA is a world free of lung disease. The mission of the American Lung Association of Maine (ALAM) is the prevention of lung disease and the promotion of lung health in Maine through advocacy and programs. To accomplish this ALAM has engaged in several research and demonstration projects with PHRG to guide their programs and policy. Recently ALAM in partnership with PHRG developed the Respiratory Health Indicators of Maine (RHIME) system, a web application that permits users to evaluate the lung health status of area residents.

iWay Software, an Information Builders company and the world's leading adapter vendor, accelerates business integration by providing tools that make service-oriented architectures easy to implement. Clients achieve short-term ROI by using iWay tools to reduce custom programming and solve problems quickly, while incrementally creating an architecture that supports long-term projects. The biggest names in software, including BEA, Microsoft, and SAP, use iWay adapters to simplify access to ERP and CRM systems, messaging, legacy systems, e-business protocols like AS2 and ebXML, and more. Additional message transformation and data integration make iWay a natural integration choice - standalone or with other middleware.

Management Decision Systems is a New England healthcare consulting company that has gained a reputation for helping organizations improve their financial, operational and strategic performance. Its consulting practice is focused in 3 key areas; Operations Improvement, Information/Knowledge Systems and Clinical Laboratory Management Improvement. Incorporated in 1992, Management Decision Systems has built a reputation for developing creative, workable solutions for the multi-faceted issues that face health care organization today.

Market Decisions, a multifaceted research firm located in South Portland, Maine, has provided creative research, insight and strategy to over a thousand clients since 1977. The firm offers a range of services including qualitative research, offering trained moderators and interviewers through traditional focus groups, internet focus groups, one-on-one interviews and executive interviews; quantitative research, developing survey designs, rigorous samples, and quality control for telephone, mail, internet, intercepts, self-administered surveys; and advanced analytics, including multidimensional scaling, perceptual and GIS mapping, factor analysis, regression, and other analysis techniques. Their six-step process – Initial Consultation, Sample Design, Survey Design, Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting – fosters awareness as the research is formed and completed. Clients gain the information necessary to establish plans or strategies, or to take action through comprehensive work that covers anything from satisfaction and planning studies, employee and image surveys, usability and new product testing, and economic impact studies.

Stroudwater Associates provides strategic, financial, facility planning, and operational consulting services to a national clientele that includes Academic Medical Centers, health systems, health plans, community and rural hospitals, and physician groups. Stroudwater Associates consultants are experienced as clinicians, academicians, managers, financial analysts, and content specialists, with an average of 20 years in healthcare per consultant. The firm's expertise is in the assessment and implementation of strategies and operational approaches for all types of healthcare organizations.