privately held key people joel lamstein ceo & president website www.jsi.com john snow inc. jsi is a public health research and consulting firm in the united states and around the world . named after the english physician john snow jsi with its nonprofit partner jsi research & training institute inc. provides technical and managerial assistance to public health programs worldwide . jsi is affiliated with the russia institute for family health jsi brasil instituto promundo and world education inc. jsi was established in 1978 . citation needed contents 1 activities 2 history 3 fellowships 4 references 5 external links activities edit through collaborating with local partners jsi assists countries governments communities families and individuals to develop their own skills and identify solutions that meet their public health needs . jsi works to improve access to and quality of health care through management assistance education information and training . jsi conducts research and provides technical assistance to enable agencies and health professionals to address the needs of families they serve especially the poor and underserved . jsi s work is centered on the following technical areas aging adolescent health environmental health emergency preparedness family planning hiv aids health care financing health logistics including contraceptive security healthcare reform health services delivery infectious diseases health information technology mental health and substance abuse public health systems quality management women s health emerging health threats on january 8 2010 as secretary of state clinton spoke on the 15th anniversary of the 1994 cairo international conference on population and development icpd jsi president joel lamstein appeared as a guest blogger in the huffington post . the article re discovering u.s. leadership an unlikely contender 1 highlights issues facing woman around the world in particular refugees and those displaced as secretary clinton reaffirmed the u.s. government s support for universal access to reproductive health . lamstein wrote secretary of state hillary clinton will emphasize the u.s. s commitment to advancing reproductive health worldwide . there will be strong words and very good intentions . however what is needed is strong action and the political will to do what it takes to save lives and strengthen communities around the world . jsi is a managing partner in the supply chain management system scms project which is funded by the us government s pepfar program . pri s news radio show the world featured a story on the 8000 mile journey that antiretroviral arv medication takes from factory to the consumer . titled delivering aids drugs the long journey and reported by david baron the medication is followed from its point of manufacture in india to the remote village of grabo in c te d ivoire where a woman named grace is anxiously awaiting its arrival . scms helps get essential life saving medication to people in developing countries who live with aids . 2 jsi conducted a study of infections in massachusetts hospitals hospital staffing and health care associated infections a systematic review of the literature 3 in the october 2008 issue of clinical infectious diseases 2008 ; 47 937 44 . the article is part of the evidence review that the jsi team has carried out for the massachusetts department of public health s healthcare associated infection project . the efforts are focused on eliminating preventable infections through application of clinical best practices and other incentives across massachusetts hospitals . jsi staff co authored an article in the journal of public health management and practice on the use of computer modeling in emergency preparedness . 4 in connecticut as the state recognized the need to adopt modern information technology in medical records management it turned to jsi to assist with developing a statewide plan to phase in a standardized electronic system for the state s doctors hospitals and other healthcare providers to use in creating storing and exchanging medical records . the plan was submitted to the connecticut legislature for review by the state s lawmakers . 5 history edit jsi was founded in 1978 by joel lamstein and bert hirshhorn . citation needed since then jsi has implemented projects in more than 100 countries . citation needed jsi is headquartered in boston massachusetts and operates from eight u.s. and 86 international offices with more than 525 u.s. based staff and 1500 host country national field based staff across five continents . citation needed fellowships edit since 2001 jsi has funded the mabelle arole fellowship which it founded in collaboration with the american medical student association in honor of dr. mabelle arole . the fellowship is named in memory of her dedication to the jamkhed india community and her wisdom to work with its members to determine what must be done and how to achieve improved child and maternal health status . this award is given annually to a recent college graduate to study community based primary health care in jamkhed . 6 references edit re discovering u.s. leadership an unlikely contender january 8 2010 . accessed 7 23 2011 delivering aids drugs the long journey archived december 20 2010 at the wayback machine . hospital staffing and health care associated infections a systematic review of the literature accessed 7 23 2011 use of computer modeling for emergency preparedness functions by local and state health officials a needs assessment accessed 7 23 2011 . department of public health releases state health information technology plan july 17 2009 . accessed 7 23 2011 . jamkhed fellowship information accessed 7 23 2011 . external links edit john snow inc. supply chain management project deliver project aidstar one http www.astarteproject.org index.htm retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title john snow inc & oldid 743301840 categories international medical and health organizationshealth care companies of the united statespublic health organizationscompanies based in bostoncompanies established in 1978hidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 01 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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