Building Shared Outcomes with Community-Based Organizations: Navigating Challenges to Address Social Needs

This interview with Victor Murray, Director of Field Building and Resources for the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, explores the impetus and opportunity for new partnerships between health systems and community-based organizations (CBOs), the relationship between health and social factors, and navigating tension between health systems and community-based organizations.

The increased focus of health systems on addressing the social determinants of health is generating exciting opportunities to improve patient care and giving providers a more holistic understanding of patients’ challenges. The new focus on value-based care has prompted health care organizations to think beyond their four walls to improve access to resources and supports that respond to social needs.