Back to ResourcesBack to Resources
Forging Health Care and Social Service Partnerships through Data Sharing
Publication

Forging Health Care and Social Service Partnerships Through Data Sharing: The Camden Coalition Health Information Exchange

View Publication

This blog highlights the Camden Coalition Health Information Exchange—a collaborative data-sharing platform created to improve care delivery and give clinical and non-medical partners real-time access to important medical information for patients.

The Camden Coalition has made strides in breaking down silos between health care providers, and is now turning its focus to building a bridge between the health care sector and the social services sector. This ecosystem development—creating local networks of organizations that collaborate to serve individuals with complex health and social needs—is critical to improving systems of care.

Brief

Intermediary Organizations Are Urgently Needed to Assist in Modernizing Public Health and Addressing the Drivers of Health in the United States

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.

Publication

“More Than Just Giving Them a Piece of Paper”: Interviews with Primary Care on Social Needs Referrals to Community-Based Organizations

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.

Publication

Revising the Foundational Public Health Services in 2022

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