Community Partnerships

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Putting Learning into Practice to Innovate and Improve Patient Services: A Case Study of Seattle Children’s Hospital

02.26.2020 | Health Leads

Case Study, Community Partnerships, Data & Evaluation, Harnessing Data, Health Equity, Leadership & Change Management, Navigation & Resource Connection, Social Health Team & Workflow

To ensure social health programs are effective and scalable, Seattle Children’s embraces a culture that supports experimentation and failing fast - the concept of testing out new processes or activities on a small scale and adjusting or stopping the activity if it doesn’t yield the intended results. See how their team has been pursuing three distinct but aligned social health strategies.

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Webinar Series: Intentionally Integrating Equity into SDOH Interventions

02.24.2020 | Health Leads

Community Partnerships, Community Partnerships & Engagements, Data & Evaluation, Health Equity, ID & Screening, Leadership & Change Management, Navigation & Resource Connection, Social Health Team & Workflow, Webinar/Training

Many healthcare and community-based organizations are implementing social determinants of health (SDOH) interventions within their communities to help improve health outcomes, yet some of these ...

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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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Naming and Addressing Systemic Inequities in Healthcare

09.27.2019 | Olamide Kolawole, Artair Rogers

Community Partnerships, 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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Creating Inclusive Meeting Space to Ensure Community Participation

08.15.2019 | Health Leads

Community Partnerships, Community Partnerships & Engagements, Design Questionnaire, Health Equity, Leadership & Change Management, Whitepaper/Research, Workforce & Authentic Relationships

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.

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Promoting Community Health through Direct Engagement

08.14.2019 | Health Leads

Case Study, Community Partnerships, Community Partnerships & Engagements, Health Equity, Leadership & Change Management

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.

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Community Partnerships