OUR PARTNERS

“Research Goes Red Reproductive Health Survey”

bi3 awarded a one-year $175,000 grant to the Greater Cincinnati American Heart Association (AHA) to support the recruitment of Hamilton County women into AHA’s Research Goes Red Reproductive Health Survey, which is designed to engage women directly in the research process. Because cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of maternal mortality, the survey aims to gain a deeper understanding of the connection between maternal and heart health. The AHA will collaborate with another bi3 partner, Cradle Cincinnati’s Queen Village, and other community influencers to identify participants. Learn more. (2021)

“Improving health equity through policy and advocacy”

A three-year, $525,000 bi3 grant supported the core operations of All-In Cincinnati and the addition of a Health Equity Policy Director—one of few in the region solely focused on health advocacy—to implement a multi-dimensional advocacy agenda, create collaborative partnerships with local policymakers and other advocacy organizations and train and mobilize the coalition members to advance its public health policy efforts. Learn more. (2022)

“Parent Connext” 

Fueled by a $1.3 million, three-year grant, Parent Connext integrates parent coaches into TriHealth pediatric practices to identify and address parenting and toxic stress and adverse childhood experiences. Left untreated, these can have a long-term impact on health. Learn more and read their article published in the April 2020 Health Affairs Journal. (2016)

“Engaging expert partners to advocate for mothers’ mental health” 

An 18-month, $240,400 bi3 grant to Best Point Education and Behavioral Health fueled a new strategic plan to address gaps and barriers within the current maternal mental healthcare system, building toward long-term sustainable change. To advance this important work, Best Point partnered with an Advisory Council that includes Every Child Succeeds, Cradle Cincinnati, Groundwork Ohio, TriHealth, UC Health and Hamilton County Public Health. Learn more. (2022)

“Primary Care and Residency Training Program in Addiction Services”

bi3 provided a $150,000 planning grant, as well as $100,000 in seed funding, to launch a primary care clinic and medical resident training program specifically designed to treat patients suffering from addiction. Learn more. (2016)

“StartStrong“

A three-year, $3.2 million grant, along with two supplemental grants totaling $277,500, supported the first-ever collaboration between Every Child Succeeds, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and TriHealth. The program, piloted in Cincinnati’s Avondale neighborhood, addressed infant mortality in Hamilton County by developing a unique mom-centered approach to delivering prenatal care and other supportive services. Learn more. (2013)

“Cradle Cincinnati Connections: Reducing Extreme Preterm Birth by Expanding the Successes of StartStrong”

A three-year, $1.6 million grant, funded Cradle Cincinnati’s work to replicate the StartStrong model of care in four new geographies to reduce extreme preterm birth and infant mortality. The project offers mothers neighborhood-based support and engages families in co-creating services for their community. Learn more. (2019)

“Innovating at Spry Labs”

A $150,000 bi3 grant funded the creation of an operating plan for a business lab for entrepreneurs, such as physicians, to test digital health ideas that could lead to start-up companies. The lab is modeled on Pioneer Square in Seattle and has the potential to differentiate Cincinnati as a hub for consumer digital health innovation. (2016)

 “Community Benefit Tracker”

With a $45,000 investment from bi3, Cintrifuse partnered with TriHealth to develop and pilot the “Benny”, a first-of-its-kind digital health solution that allows organizations to track, plan and measure the impact of community outreach programs. The platform has the potential to be exported to other health systems and businesses in Cincinnati and across the country. Learn more. (2018)

 “Transforming Health Through Capacity Building”

$1.59 million in grants fuels 37 area nonprofit organizations through investments in technology, tools and training that will help them adapt to a virtual environment and increase community access to health and social services. Grant awards, which averaged about $40,000, provide one-time investments. The funding will build community organizations’ infrastructure to deliver virtual services and other capacities by helping them to acquire tools, education, and technology to strengthen operations now and into the future. Learn more. (2020)

“Addressing Health Disparities among Individuals with Developmental Disabilities”

A $375,000 grant fueled Easterseals TriState’s new approach to serve 1,000 clients with developmental disabilities. The program engaged persons with disabilities in improving their own general health and wellness. It resulted in an overall increase in patient health metrics and prompted Easterseals to incorporate learnings into its standard client management practices. (2013)

“Every Child Succeeds Pilot Study”

Supported by an $85,000 grant from bi3, Every Child Succeeds executed a pilot study of a multi-disciplinary approach to early childhood health and development that integrates home visitation and care coordination by community health workers. The study identified best practices from both approaches, and challenges to their integration, to deliver high-impact services to women and their young children. (2017)

 “Feasibility and Effectiveness of LENA Home in Every Child Succeeds Program”

A $23,000 bi3 grant enabled Every Child Succeeds to pilot and evaluate the LENA Home program to enhance dialog between caregivers and infants. LENA provides data, resources and guided coaching to support infants’ mastery of language, one of the strongest predictors of healthy brain development. Every Child Succeeds will pilot LENA Home with a small number of families to determine its effectiveness. (2019)

“Terry Schoenling Home for Mothers and Infants Program”

Two bi3 grants totaling $220,000 fueled the innovative First Step Home maternal addiction program to provide comprehensive services for mothers in treatment and their infants in the several weeks immediately before and after birth. The program ensures that mothers and babies are discharged from the hospital together to a safe and supportive environment that allows mothers to pursue sobriety and infants to thrive. Learn more. (2017)

“Behavioral Health Program: Registered Dietician”

bi3’s two-year, $151,680 grant supported the addition of a registered dietician to the Good Samaritan Free Health Center’s behavioral health program. The project increased access to nutrition counseling and improved health outcomes for patients with chronic illnesses related to nutrition, such as diabetes. (2016)

“The Community Partnership Development Project”

bi3’s two-year, $216,144 grant allows Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS) to develop a sustainable model of integrating behavioral health services at YWCA and Brighton Center, where patient relationships are already in place. Through this project, on-site therapists provide individual, family and group therapy at community locations, allowing for easier access to trauma-informed interventions and behavioral health treatment. Therapists also train and educate community service staff to look for and work to prevent adverse effects of emotional trauma. Learn more. (2019)

 “Racial Equity Matters”

bi3’s continued sponsorship of these educational programs helps expand Greater Cincinnati Foundation’s reach in the community. Greater Cincinnati Foundation’s Racial Equity Matters workshops dive deep into the history of racism in America and present methods to enact change. Learn more. (2020)

“COVID-19 Regional Response Fund”

A $500,000 bi3 grant helped activate a cross-sector regional response to quickly address the critical needs of our community at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more. (2020)

As a founding seed partner — along with several other regional organizations and charitable institutions — bi3 provided a $350,000 grant to create GreenLight Fund Cincinnati. The project is working to transform the lives of people living in high poverty urban areas by identifying local needs and gaps in services and then searching to find the most innovative and successful programs in the nation to meet the needs. Learn more. (2016)

“Maternal and Young Child Health Transformation Center”

The three-year $1,250,000 grant will support the development of a new Maternal and Young Child Health Transformation Center to improve outcomes for pregnant women and young children across the State. Groundwork Ohio is a research and advocacy organization that champions high-quality early learning and healthy development strategies for children from the prenatal period to age five. Learn more. (2021)

“Pathways to Health: Transforming Care Coordination and Medical Education in an Outpatient Setting”

A $1.75 million bi3 grant helped Health Care Access Now and Good Samaritan Hospital Faculty Medical Center redesign graduate medical education and primary care to improve population health and reduce health care use for high risk/high-cost patients. Health Care Access Now also received a one-year $93,456 planning grant to support the design of the project. Learn more. (2016)

 “Conversations of a Lifetime”

bi3 and CommonSpirit Health (formerly Catholic Health Initiatives) jointly awarded a $2.3 million grant to Hospice of Cincinnati for a three-year effort to transform end-of-life care. Conversations of a Lifetime encourages earlier end-of-life planning conversations between physicians, care teams, patients and families. The program has reached deeply into the community to make this a new standard of care by training physicians and facilitators to deploy the program. (2013)

 “PalliaCare Cincinnati: A Community-Based Palliative Care Program”

A three-year, $3.35 million grant from bi3 enabled TriHealth and Hospice of Cincinnati to launch PalliaCare Cincinnati, the first health-system-sponsored community-based palliative care program in the region. The program provides health and social services to individuals with serious, long-term or chronic illnesses so they can remain in their home, better manage their symptoms and more appropriately utilize acute healthcare services. (2017)

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 “Advancing health equity in advanced illness and end-of-life care”

A one-year, $500,000 bi3 grant helped Hospice of Cincinnati (HOC) Navigators build the cultural competency of staff and create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. It also supported additional resources to help HOC listen, learn from and respond to Black communities regarding barriers to care. (2022)

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“Funders Response to the Heroin Epidemic”

bi3 is one of the invested partners in this collaborative, regional group of public and private funders who are investing resources to address the heroin epidemic and associated issues. Our five-year investment of $15,000 helped develop local capacity to respond to this crisis, built data infrastructure and helped combat stigma around substance use disorders. (2016)

“Every Child Capital”

bi3’s invested $100,000 in Every Child Capital, a venture philanthropy fund that invests private dollars in new programs or services that are then sustained by public resources. The goals of the fund are to improve early literacy, starting with prenatal support and early learning and development, and to change the role of philanthropy so that private investors invest first in what works and then public dollars provide sustainability. (2018)

“Maternal Health-Law Partnership, M-HeLP”

An $874,000 grant from bi3 funded efforts to resolve social determinants that impact health and increase women’s participation in prenatal care at TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital in order to improve birth outcomes. The project, M-HeLP, works to identify women with a health-harming legal need – such as unsafe housing, food or income insecurity, and domestic violence or custody issues – and provide timely, effective legal assistance coordinated with case management. The project also partners with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to ensure smooth handoffs to pediatric care following the birth of the child. Learn more. (2016)

“Consult Agreement Pilot Project with Good Samaritan Free Health Center”

A new Ohio law passed in 2016 grants pharmacists more discretion in extending or modifying prescriptions without a physician’s order. Known as a “consult agreement,” the law allows patient care services – such as initiating or modifying drug therapy, ordering labs and/or physical assessment – to be provided by pharmacists A $100,000 grant from bi3 helped St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Charitable Pharmacy complete a consult agreement with the Good Samaritan Free Health Center in Price Hill. Through this innovative collaborative care model, SVDP pharmacists have become a more accessible part of the care team, helping to manage chronic diseases, such as diabetes, and support patient behavior change, such as smoking cessation. Learn more and read their Implementation Guide for Community Pharmacies. (2017)

“Scaling Talbert House’s Successful Model of Integrated Care”

bi3’s two-year, $940,000 bi3 grant enables Talbert House to open a third Hamilton County primary care clinic that builds on its proven model of integrating physical and behavioral healthcare. The grant also facilitates the development of a health information technology system to improve care coordination. Learn more. (2019)

“Mental Health Crisis Care Collaborative (MHC3)”

bi3’s $280,471 planning grant supported the creation of the Mental Health Crisis Care Collaborative (MHC3), a partnership of community-based mental health organizations. MHC3 will develop a plan to more efficiently and effectively connect families to pediatric mental health care following a crisis through multiple strategies including a single point of access and technology solutions. Learn more. (2019)

“Your Health Matters”

Funded by a $4.2 million bi3 grant, Your Health Matters helps patients make more informed decisions. The project is one of the first initiatives in the country to arm patients with quality ratings on chronic health management by primary care physicians and hospitals. (2010)

“Regional Triple Aim Dashboard and Modernized Reporting”

With a $250,000 grant, bi3 sponsored the Health Collaborative’s work to develop a plan to align measurements around the Triple Aim goals and to create a regional Triple Aim Dashboard to standardize data collection across all health sectors. (2015)

“Behavioral Health Community Paramedicine”

Launched by a $201,808 planning grant from bi3, TriHealth and Springfield Township Fire Department, along with other partners, sought to address the behavioral health needs of community members. The funding supported partners to research and design a model for community paramedicine including a screening tool for referring patients to a community paramedic and potential sustainability pathways. (2017)

“Behavioral Health Integration Project”

This $3 million bi3-funded project seeks to measurably improve patient health by developing an integrated model of care that treats behavioral health needs in primary care settings through education, brief treatment and connection to resources. bi3 also funded a one-year $300,000 planning grant that led to this transformational project. Learn more. (2016)

 “Bethesda Butler Primary Care Center”

A one-year $205,000 grant from bi3 made it possible for TriHealth Bethesda Butler Hospital to engage in a planning process to better understand the needs of its patients and explore solutions to improve the health and healthcare of the region. The planning effort included a needs assessment of the community, exploration of different models of care for patients with complex needs, and the pilot of a model to address patients’ social determinants of health. (2017)

“Cancer Institute”

bi3 awarded a $1.5 million grant to the TriHealth Cancer Institute to support TriHealth’s advancements in precision medicine, an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual differences in genes, environments and lifestyles instead of a one-drug-fits-all model. More specifically, funds will help accelerate a new cellular therapy, CAR-T, which increases timely care for all blood cancers and helps physicians determine the best treatment for each patient based on their unique genetic makeup. (2021)

“Community Based Fall Prevention Initiative”

A $410,000 bi3 grant brought TriHealth Senior Services and People Working Cooperatively (PWC) together to improve individuals’ health status with this community-based initiative. By providing education, assistance and resources to TriHealth geriatric patients (65 and older) who are homeowners, the program improved their safety and quality of life. (2015)

“COPE: Confronting the Opioid Epidemic Study”

The Hatton Research Institute, funded by a $21,635 grant from bi3, is conducting the Confronting the Opioid Epidemic (COPE) Study – a randomized controlled study to examine the comparative effectiveness of the PainPack System, an alternative prescribing approach to standard opioid-based pain treatment. The hope is to change physician prescribing patterns to decrease the number of opioids used by patients and remove excess opioids from the community. Learn more. (2018)

“DEI Resource Initiative”

A $662,500 one-year grant to TriHealth will support a comprehensive plan to reduce health disparities and build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. The DEI Resource Initiative is a multi-faceted approach that includes programs for team member recruitment and retention, education and professional development, community partnerships and service line projects to reduce health disparities. Learn more. (2021)

“Expansion of TriHealth Navigator Program Transitions of Care Model”

bi3 awarded a $2.8 million grant to the TriHealth Care Transitions Navigator Program to expand a new care coordination program based on a proprietary risk assessment of patients to improve transitions from hospitals to home or other care facilities. The program reduced readmissions and emergency visits, particularly among patients at highest risk for readmission, like those with chronic illnesses such as congestive heart failure or diabetes. (2012)

“Improving the Care Process and Patient Experience Project Using the Hercules Patient Repositioner”

A $222,430 grant from bi3 supported the purchase and pilot of Hercules Patients Repositioners at Bethesda North and Bethesda Butler hospitals. This innovative solution improves caregiver safety and satisfaction and patient comfort and satisfaction. (2017)

“Integrating oral health into healthcare”

The one-year, $234,100 bi3 grant will support the exploration and development of a comprehensive best practice model for integrating dental services into healthcare, focusing on low-income and underinsured populations. The goal is to decrease health disparities, improve the patient experience and overall health and lower costs. (2022)

The grant will enable TriHealth to:
• Identify national best practice models and outcomes
• Engage with patients and key stakeholders to formulate the design and service delivery model
• Develop an operational business plan

“Patient-Centered Medical Home”

A $6 million investment by bi3 helped TriHealth primary care practices transform their approach to care through the adoption of the nationally recognized Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care. Through this model, all aspects of a patient’s care are managed through a single primary care provider, or “medical home,” through a coordinated team of providers. TriHealth was the first system of care to adopt PCMH as its standard for primary care. Learn more. (2010)

“Precision Medicine Institute”

The one-year $293,000 grant will fund the planning and implementation of TriHealth’s Precision Medicine Institute. The goal is to further deliver the “right care at the right time” to patients. Specifically, the project aims to accelerate the application of genetic medicine across the system in clinical services such as the Cancer Institute and Heart Institute to improve quality of care and reduce adverse effects for patients. Learn more. (2021)

 “School to Work Apprenticeship Program”

A $1 million planning grant from bi3 aided TriHealth, in partnership with Cincinnati Public Schools, to create a School to Work Apprenticeship program to give Cincinnati Public School Students the opportunity of real-world working experience and mentorship in the healthcare field. Learn more. (2019)

“Start-up and Establishment of an Accredited, Post-Graduate Fellowship in Addiction Medicine”

With a $270,430 three-year grant, bi3 supported the development and launch of a new graduate fellowship in addiction medicine. The program trains board-certified physicians and significantly increases awareness, knowledge and addiction services at TriHealth. The goal is to expand the range of services and the number of patients treated for addiction at TriHealth. (2018)

“Substance Use Disorder Program”

Sparked by a $50,000 bi3 grant, TriHealth is refining and deploying a Substance Use Disorder Program to standardized best practices; provide clinical training; and develop screening protocols, medication-assisted treatment and discharge planning to ensure a safe handoff to the next level of care. Learn more. (2017)

“Sustainable Behavior Change through Consumer Science Technologies”

The $1.2 million bi3-funded project applies consumer science theory to healthcare to help individuals make and sustain behavior and lifestyle changes that improve health. The project integrates data from multiple sources and deploys health coaches to implement the model and protocols with more than 2,000 individuals from three businesses. This unique approach helps individuals to achieve and sustain their health goals. (2016)

“The Benny Community Benefit Tracker”

Through a $29,620 grant, bi3 supported the system-wide scaling of the Benny Community Benefit Tracker within TriHealth. The Benny is a first-of-its-kind digital solution that allows organizations to track, plan and measure the impact of community outreach programs. Benny will better enable TriHealth to tell strategic, data-driven stories about community impact, as well as provide better data. bi3 supported the development of the technology in 2018 through a partnership between TriHealth and Cintrifuse. (2019)

“Translational Outcomes: Translating Data into Clinical Insights at the Point of Care”

bi3 and CommonSpirit Health (formerly Catholic Health Initiatives) jointly awarded TriHealth $4.3 million to develop analytics that predict patient medical problems and provide physicians with the information at the point of care. This allows physicians to make more informed medical decisions that lead to better health outcomes. (2015)

“TriHealthNow telehealth program”

The $3.84 million bi3 grant funds a new telehealth program to advance how healthcare is delivered in the Greater Cincinnati community. TriHealthNow will enable patients to easily meet with and be treated by physicians remotely, wherever patients are located and whenever there is need. Learn more. (2019)

“Woman Centered Medical Home”

A $3.7 million, three-year grant from bi3 supported TriHealth’s Good Samaritan OB-GYN Center in fundamentally changing how care is delivered to patients who disproportionately suffer from poor birth and health outcomes. Building from the success of StartStrong, the OB-GYN Center is adopting a patient-centered, team-based approach that connects patients to a consistent care team and community resources to achieve better health outcomes. bi3 also funded a one-year $75,000 planning grant that led to this transformational project. Learn more. (2019)

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“Equitable approach to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic”

The one-year $250,000 grant is fueling a more equitable and comprehensive approach to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, including vaccination distribution. The grant will build Urban League’s capacity to collaborate with and support the efforts of Black-led organizations through community mobilization, policy solutions and pilot programs. Learn more. (2021)

“WinMed Innovative Centering Health Care Program”

A $375,000 grant from bi3 allowed WinMed to implement a prenatal and postnatal “centering” care initiative for pregnant and parenting patients. The program, a first for a federally qualified health center (FQHC), focuses on well-woman and well-baby care through a group setting, using a national model from the Centering Health Initiative. WinMed was the first FQHC in the country to receive certification for both CenteringPregnancy and CenteringParenting from the Centering Health Care Institute. Thanks to WinMed’s success, the State of Ohio passed a bill to fund four start-up Centering programs in other FQHCs. (2013)