Health

<p>Substance use disorders. Mental illness. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Opioid misuse. Suicide. Critical shortages of behavioral health care staff. The U.S. faces an unprecedented behavioral health crisis among youth and adults. As a trusted partner to the federal, state, and local sectors, Abt informs public policy on behavioral health through a comprehensive suite of approaches. We use evaluation design and implementation, scientific evidence, health communications, capacity-building, and collaboration to heal the whole person. &nbsp;Our experts bring their backgrounds in social work, clinical psychology, public health, and sociology to offer integrated prevention, treatment, and intervention.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As demographics change and healthcare systems merge and consolidate, the U.S. needs an agile workforce undergirded by responsive and innovative healthcare policies to improve health outcomes and quality. Abt’s policy and workforce experts help clients and partners comprehensively plan for—and solve—today’s most urgent healthcare priorities, including soaring costs and complex health conditions. Our research, data analysis, and technical assistance guide solutions like staffing models, quality indicators for long-term care facilities, and alternative payment models.&nbsp;</p>

Military readiness and veteran well-being depend on evidence, trusted data, and systems that perform under real-world constraints. Abt partners with defense, veterans, and public-sector clients to strengthen care delivery and operational decision-making across the lifecycle of service—from active-duty populations and military families to veteran communities. 

We help clients move from reactive reporting to proactive, mission-aligned intelligence by modernizing legacy environments without downtime, connecting fragmented data, and delivering secure, interoperable platforms. Our teams build automated data pipelines that streamline submission, validation, and analysis; address interoperability barriers with shared standards and governance; and enable secure exchange of sensitive documentation at scale. We also stand up high-volume, high-velocity data operations to deliver trusted insights when timelines are tight.
 

<p>As health systems evolve worldwide, Abt is a trusted partner to governments, donors, and communities, with unmatched expertise in health policy, governance, financing, workforce development, capacity building, and digital and data solutions. We catalyze change by optimizing resources and our network of 1,000+ health systems experts to deliver agile solutions for urgent problems while strengthening complex systems for the future. In mixed health systems worldwide, we co-design transformative approaches with local communities and partners in quality improvement, regulatory processes, policies, and innovative financial protection mechanisms.&nbsp;</p>