ICH is a nonprofit consulting organization that provides participatory evaluation, applied research, assessment, planning, and training and technical assistance. We help healthcare institutions, philanthropic organizations, government agencies, and community-based organizations improve their services and maximize program impact.
Achieving health equity, improving community health, and transforming healthcare are complex challenges, requiring innovative approaches and multiple perspectives. As a dynamic nonprofit consulting organization with deep expertise, ICH partners with leaders, innovators, and experts in the field to tackle complex problems and achieve sustainable solutions.
We provide participatory evaluation, applied research, assessment planning, training and technical assistance to help community-based organizations, healthcare institutions, foundations, and government agencies improve their programs and maximize impact.
ICH also runs the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research, which partners with immigrant communities, advocates, policymakers, and social and health systems on actionable research to improve immigrant health and wellbeing.
The MA Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) and RIZE Massachusetts are supporting ICH to evaluate Mobile Methadone Programs (MMPs), which have been launched across Massachusetts
ICH has been selected by Mass General Brigham (MGB) to evaluate the Community Health Impact Funds (CHIF), a significant investment in Boston and surrounding communities in Suffolk County. In 2022,
ICH is conducting an implementation evaluation of the CenteringPregnancy (CP) model of group prenatal care in clinical settings across the US. ICH is working with the CenteringHealthcare Institute (CHI) to
