Impact & Outcomes

We evaluate our program rigorously in partnership with UCSF and Stanford research teams.

We're driven by data as a part of our commitment to health equity.

We track outcomes to better understand the changes our participants undergo. But even more meaningfully, we track outcomes to revolutionize the standard of care in medicine, a change which has to be data-driven. This commitment is fueled by our drive to make this transformative work accessible to everyone.

We partner with UCSF and Stanford to measure exercise, diet, depression and more, along with Emergency Department visits, biomarkers, and primary care utilization. All of our data come from patients at low-income clinics, who have varied health challenges including diabetes, heart disease, depression, chronic pain, as well as significant socio-economic barriers to health.

Our patient outcomes speak for themselves

Outcomes measures are collected from participants at baseline and each month thereafter. These are analyzed with mixed linear models to make use of the longitudinal nature of the data, to address missing data, and to account for individual variability.

ER Visits Results Graphs
ED Visits/Hospitalizations
77% Reduction in Emergency Dept Visits
ED visits/Hospitalizations in 6 months prior to attending group and 6 months following group, p = .14, n = 49.
Blood pressure results graph
Blood Pressure
19pt Reduction in BP
Systolic Blood Pressure p < .001, Diastolic BP p < .05, n = 85 from a subset of hypertensive patients.
Anxiety, Depression, and Loneliness stats
Mental Health
43% Decrease in Depression, 41% Decrease in Anxiety
All p’s < .001; Mental Health outcomes are measured with PHQ-9 (n = 244), GAD-7 (n = 142), and UCLA 3-item. Loneliness Scale (n = 241), from a subsample of depressed patients.
Exercise Graph
Physical Activity
51% Increase in weekly physical activity
All p’s < .001, exercise measured with Exercise as a Vital Sign (n = 755).
Daily Fruits and Vegetable results
Daily Servings Fruits & Vegs
26% Increase in fruit/veg intake
Diet measured with 2-Item Fruit and Vegetable intake (n = 744).
Connection Measurements and Results graphs
Connection
Increase in Social Connection
Connection measured with the Social Connectedness Scale – Revised (SCS-R, n = 320, p < .01).
Wellbeing Results
Wellbeing
Increase in Wellbeing
Wellbeing measured with the World Health Organization 5-item Wellbeing Index (WHO-5, n = 617, p < .001).

Hear from our participants directly

We're proud of our impact

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Testimonials

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Hector
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Me han ayudado a bajar de peso y eso me ha hecho sentir muy bien.”
Anonymous
OSW Participant
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“Socializing has always kind of been, it's something I like to do, but it's something that's difficult for me at the same time. So I'm just trying to work on that. Open Source Wellness has helped me even just to have a consistent place to see other people. And I know during COVID, that's difficult already, but then having panic attacks and PTSD and bipolar problems just makes wanting to be social that much less enticing.”
Luz
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Los cambios en la alimentación y aprender a cambiar la comida el impacto más fuerte fue tener al doctor al pendiente de mi y su autoridad en el momento que tanto lo necesitaba y todo el personal son muy profesionales solo me queda decir gracias y deseo que muchas personas como yo tengan esa oportunidad es lo mejor que me a pasado me mantengo en la insulina baja espero bajarla más y mantener mis niveles de azúcar.”
Hector
OSW Participant
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
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“Me han ayudado a bajar de peso y eso me ha hecho sentir muy bien.”
Anonymous
OSW Participant
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“I'm eating more fresh vegetables and I've even started having smoothies every day after talking with the health team about dieting.”

External Research related to our work