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Pro-Change’s Health Appraisal Receives NCQA Certification
Pro-Change’s Health Risk Intervention (a Health Risk Assessment plus Intervention) was awarded Health Information Products (HIP) Certification for Health Appraisals by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Pro-Change’s Health Risk Intervention (HRI) uses validated questions to assess readiness to change leading health risks and provides immediate evidenced-based,...
Pro-Change Featured in Care Continuum Alliance’s Webinar Series
South Kingstown, RI., (February 5, 2014) - Leanne Mauriello, PhD, Vice President of Research and Product Development at Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc., will present in the Care Continuum Alliance's Employer Webinar Series on February 10th from 12-1:30 p.m. (EST) in a webinar titled, Impacting Employer Sponsored Health Management Programs Through Successful Behavior Change and Smart Health...
Pro-Change Partners with Healthstat
South Kingstown, RI - January 23, 2014. Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. and Healthstat have signed a five-year agreement that will set a new standard for population health management through onsite clinics. The agreement allows Healthstat to exclusively combine its nationally recognized workplace healthcare delivery model with Pro-Change's evidence-based health behavior change algorithms....
Pro-Change’s Programs Highlighted in Population Health Management Journal
South Kingstown, RI - January 13, 2014. A study in the December 2013 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Population Health Management, provides a demonstration of how published intervention outcomes can be used to create benchmarks for wellness programs for comparison. The results can then be applied by decision makers to adapt and evaluate the effectiveness of real-world wellness programs. This...
Pro-Change’s Clinical Dashboard Supports AHRQ’s Guide
South Kingstown, RI - December 12, 2013. In November of 2013, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a document titled "Health Assessments in Primary Care: A How-to-Guide for Clinicians and Staff." Health assessments have been used primarily in work settings. As they are now moving into primary care, AHRQ states that they "will require broader adoption and better...
Pro-Change to Provide Webinar for Social Solutions
On December 12, 2013, from 3:00 to 4:30 P. M. EST, Founder James O. Prochaska, PhD, President & CEO Janice M. Prochaska, PhD, and Project Manager Cindy Umanzor, MPH of Pro-Change will lead a 90 minute webinar on "The Stages of Change: Using the Transtheoretical Model to Drive Outcomes." The sponsoring agency is Social Solutions, a leading provider of performance management software for human...
Pro-Change Invited to Brazil for a Second Time This Fall
South Kingstown, RI - November 13, 2013. Sara Johnson, PhD, Senior Vice President at Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. will address the International Forum for Investor Education in Rio de Janeiro on December 10 & 11, 2013. Pro-Change has been invited to present at the International Forum for Investor Education by the Head of the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), the Securities and...
Pro-Change Trains Health Counselors in Brazil
South Kingstown, RI - October 21, 2013. In September, Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. provided two onsite trainings to 80 AxisMed Health counselors and 70 life coaches, at the request of Carevolution, a São Paulo, Brazil Wellness Company that offers Wellness Coaching training and services. The course entitled, Basic Transtheoretical Model Training, provided coaches and other health...
Pro-Change Will Present at the CCA Conference
South Kingstown, RI - October 10, 2013. The Care Continuum Alliance is hosting its annual conference, CCA Forum 2013, October 23-25 in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the theme, "The ROI of Population Health: Implementation Matters." In their call for abstracts, the Care Continuum Alliance asked for "creativity, innovation, and inventiveness. Attendees want hands on learning and presentations that...
Pro-Change’s Founder James O. Prochaska Receives Prestigious Award
South Kingstown, RI - September 25, 2013. James O. Prochaska, PhD, Founder of Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. received the 2013 Outstanding Contribution to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association. The award honors an individual who has a long and distinguished career of scientific contributions. Prochaska pioneered the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, an...