Community Partnerships & Engagements
Establishing strong partnerships to connect patients to essential resources and engage communities in setting shared health aims
Progress through Collaboration
The Health Leads Network was created to bring action-oriented practitioners together to collaborate, share and learn from each other. Together, we’ll translate critical front-line experience into tangible tools, guidance and learning opportunities — all designed to support you in advancing the integration of essential needs into community-led health initiatives. Read our welcome message and check out the Network Overview to learn more about how we work and learn together.
Strength in Community
The Health Leads Network is a community of healthcare practitioners and caregivers who are taking action to address essential needs within their organizations. They work in a wide range of health system roles and settings — but share a commitment to drive improvement initiatives on the ground and advance health equity in their communities.
The Network promotes collective learning by sharing promising practices gathered through on-the-ground engagements across the country. Members contribute practical knowledge and expertise, participate in collaborative learning and insight development, and access new ideas and approaches through a growing library of tools and resources.
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Our North Star: Health Equity
The Network offers the kind of tangible resources, learning and community that healthcare practitioners need to turn community health goals into action. Our efforts tackle several of the key barriers front-line practitioners and caregivers face in pursuing health equity.
Workforce & Authentic Relationships
Fostering policies, processes and support to sustain a workforce that develops authentic relationships and meets patients where they are
Finance, Payment & Policy
Developing sustainable finance, payment and policy models to support the work
Harnessing Data
Capturing and applying on-the-ground data on community needs, resources and impact to improve care delivery and population health
Featured Resources
Health Leads Network Content Creating Inclusive Meeting Space to Ensure Community Participation
When executed successfully, inclusive spaces result in a safe, trusting environment that encourages full group participation, diversity of thought and equitable decision-making required to advance community-centered health goals. This simple checklist captures best practices that bring awareness to behaviors that work for and against the level of inclusion that is needed for effective community or patient engagement strategies.
Health Leads Network Content Promoting Community Health through Direct Engagement
While most health systems embrace a proactive approach to social determinants of health, identifying the true health needs of a community and addressing those through cost-effective interventions can be daunting. This case study illustrates how three Baltimore-area hospitals drive their population health agenda by including the community in program design and systems of accountability.
AHA Podcast: Improving Value by Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
"I know addressing essential needs is the right thing to do. But how do I prove value?" It's a question we field frequently at Health Leads — and this podcast from the 2019 ACHI Conference captures panelists' insights on the many ways healthcare and social service providers are partnering to drive value in their communities.
Our library of resources grows each week with the addition of new tools, research and best practices — covering these key barriers and a number of other important topics. Take a look at all we offer.
Have questions on how the Network can support your work? Want additional information on opportunities for collaboration or learning? Don’t hesitate to reach out directly. We’d love to hear from you!