This brief outlines steps to help health systems and community-based organizations build relationships that draw on each other’s strengths, put patients first, and support ecosystem development in local communities.
In an environment where social determinants are playing more of a role in conversations about improving health outcomes, it is critical for the health care and social sectors to build mutually beneficial partnerships.
This issue brief describes the different roles intermediaries can play; provides examples of where they have been used in practice; and identifies the risks, benefits, and possible innovations of intermediaries as well as policy approaches that might facilitate their appropriate use.
This publication characterizes referrals to community-based organizations by primary care practices, which are increasingly being used by healthcare organizations to invest in social care.
This publication provides a framework outlining the unique responsibilities of governmental public health and can be used to explain the vital role of governmental public health in a thriving community; identify capacity and resource gaps; determine the cost for assuring foundational activities; and justify funding needs
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