Building Healthy Communities

As we bear witness to all the change afoot, our challenge is to identify when – and for whom – a change is an improvement. For those of us who produce the evidence that help us determine this, there is no time to rest.

This one-pager highlights key components of the National Interoperability Collaborative, an initiative led by AcademyHealth and Stewards of Change Institute, to increase collaboration among the sectors that impact health and well-being by improving information-sharing, interoperability, and use of technology.

In collaboration with AcademyHealth’s Payment Reform for Population Health project, a team at Northeastern University conducted four case studies of cross-sector community-level population health improvement efforts focused on addressing social determinants of health.

In collaboration with AcademyHealth’s Payment Reform for Population Health project, a team at Northeastern University conducted four case studies of cross-sector community-level population health improvement efforts focused on addressing social determinants of health.

A trusted convener, agreed upon by community partners to serve as an organizing entity, can foster relationship building and facilitate payment reform for population health.

Funding sources, financing strategies, and payment models can all influence a health system’s consideration to invest in or fund non-clinical population health.

Sufficient data infrastructure across health systems and community social service providers support the management of a collaborative partnership’s community-wide population health improvement efforts.

The need for alignment across sectors, cultures and goals is crucial to support a collaborative partnership’s community-wide population health improvement efforts.

The education sector, the health sector, and many others have long realized that they need to work together for better outcomes. Sharing data between sectors can help, but it’s not easy.