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Cross-sector Alignment Glossary
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Cross-Sector Alignment Glossary

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This cross-sector alignment glossary, developed by Aligning Systems for Health, offers a starting point for understanding alignment terminology.

Defined terms include accountability; accountable care community; accountable care organization; accountable communities for health; accountable health communities; aligned systems; co-creation; coordinated care; collective impact; community-based organization; community development sector; community engagement; comprehensive system capital; cross-sector alignment; data; external factors affecting urgency; factors affecting success of aligning; financing; governance; health care sector; health system transformation; human services; individual, organizational, and system-level enablers; integration; integrator; internal factors affecting capacity; outcomes; population health; public health 3.0; public health sector; purpose; social determinants of health; social services sector; sustainable progress; triple aim; and whole-person care.

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