Funding Whole-Person Health: Opportunities to Make Essential Needs Initiatives More Sustainable

Our Funding Whole-Person Health Guide and supporting Essential Needs Funding Table are intended to help healthcare practices identify the range of potential funding opportunities available — and understand how these initiatives may or may not align with their desired care delivery model. We offer a high-level summary of primary care payment reform efforts and funding opportunities that can support providers in developing value-based, community-centered care models.

Harnessing Focus Groups to Drive Collective Community Action

This whitepaper describes how a regional cross-sector learning collaborative in the Bay Area used focus groups to inform the development and delivery of an impactful community engagement strategy. These focus groups helped to elevate local residents as key decision-makers in driving the collaborative’s action agenda forward.

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Network Crash Course: Inclusive Process Mapping with Patients & Clients

In this 15-minute 'Crash Course' we walk through through the basics of process mapping and the importance of including those who are most impacted by our work: patients, clients and community members. Tune in for recommended practices, real-life examples and helpful tips to surface pain points, challenges and opportunities opportunities for improvement.

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A Framework for Building Clinical-Community Partnerships to Address SDOH

09.27.2019 | United Hospital Fund

Community Partnerships, Community Partnerships & Engagements, ID & Screening, Navigation & Resource Connection, Toolkit, Whitepaper/Research

United Hospital Fund has developed a framework for primary care providers to establish essential needs screening and referral programs with community-based organizations (CBOs). This framework provides guidance on selecting a screening tool and developing workflows — as well as how to identify appropriate CBOs to partner with and strategies to foster productive, mutually-beneficial relationships.

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How States Can Use Medicaid Managed Care Contracts to Support Community Health Workers

09.27.2019 | Families USA

Fact Sheet/One-Pager, Finance, Payment & Policy, Social Health Team & Workflow, Whitepaper/Research, Workforce & Authentic Relationships

This issues brief from FamiliesUSA details several ways organizations can use Medicaid managed care dollars to support community health workers and similar roles. Understanding the funding streams that are applicable to your program — and how to access them — is critical to sustaining programs that tackle disparities and improve community health.

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Naming and Addressing Systemic Inequities in Healthcare

09.27.2019 | Olamide Kolawole, Artair Rogers

Community Partnerships & Engagements, Health Equity, Interview, Patient/Provider Story, Workforce & Authentic Relationships

Naming and understanding the systemic factors that perpetuate inequity — along with a willingness to address them — is essential to any healthcare delivery or public health organization’s efforts to tackle disparities and improve health outcomes. This resource extracts lessons learned and front-line examples from three leaders who are working to address racial inequities in their health systems and communities.

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Webinar & Resources: Caring for Our Immigrant Patients in an Era of ‘Public Charge’

09.27.2019 | Center for Health & Social Care Integration

Community Partnerships & Engagements, Health Equity, Video/Explainer, Webinar/Training

In this webinar recording, our friends at the CHaSCI break down the Public Charge changes — and offer key considerations and practical advice on how to effectively care for immigrant patients in an era of heightened challenges to health and well-being.

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Advancing Health Equity through Better Evidence for Asthma Care

08.16.2019 | Families USA

Case Study, Community Partnerships & Engagements, Data & Evaluation, Harnessing Data, Health Equity, News/Opinion, Webinar/Training

This FamiliesUSA report synthesizes findings from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute — providing recommendations for researchers, clinicians and policymakers on how to structure studies and interventions to better address health inequities.

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