For 30 years, the Kansas Health Institute (KHI) has believed evidence-based information, objective analysis and civil dialogue enable policy leaders to be champions for a healthier Kansas. Established in 1995 with a multiyear grant from the Kansas Health Foundation, KHI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization based in Topeka.
The rapid growth of AI tools has led public health organizations to explore their use, often facing challenges due to the field’s complexity and rapid evolution. This report offers a comprehensive, adaptable framework—developed by the Kansas Health Institute, Health Resources in Action, and the Wichita State University Community Engagement Institute—to support the responsible and effective adoption of AI.
Kansas will become the healthiest place to live through evidence-based and innovative strategies, policies and practices.
To improve the health of all Kansans by providing nonpartisan information, convening crucial conversations and facilitating learning that leads to meaningful change.
KHI’s work often leads to publications used in our educational offerings for policymakers – arming them with credible analysis on topics such as health reform, community health, insurance coverage and public health.
At the time of its founding in 1995, KHI was unique in its status as a health policy-focused educational organization that was independent, non-university based and supported primarily through philanthropy. As a public health institute, KHI continues to be supported by a core-operating grant from the Kansas Health Foundation and also obtains funding from other regional and national foundations and state and federal agencies. We design our educational offerings for people from a wide range of backgrounds and organizations such as community groups and coalitions, education institutions, employers and business leaders, health care delivery systems, national research organizations, philanthropies, policymakers, public health programs, state agencies.
At the Kansas Health Institute, our experts have a deep understanding of health policy issues in Kansas. We make ourselves available for conversations with policymakers, providing evidence-based perspectives on the issues that impact the health of Kansans. We invite you to connect with our experts and faculty, who come from diverse disciplines including public health, medicine, health policy and systems management, health care administration, political science, law, economics, biology, business and communications.
