Strengthening the Health of Underserved Communities

Strengthening the Health and Health Care of Underserved Communities

We cultivate innovation within organizations impacting care and services for low-income, minority, rural, homeless, and immigrant populations. How? Through our programs you will …

Learn

We offer resources, tools, and coaching to build the skills you need to succeed.

Innovate

We help you test new approaches, then spread the solutions that work.

Collaborate

We connect you with a network of people committed to creating lasting change.

Our Focus

We work relentlessly to bring practical innovations to your organization.

We believe the challenges we face are actually tremendous opportunities to accelerate innovations for healthy people and healthy places. Explore our areas of work:

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Organizations We’ve Worked With

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Programs

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Innovators In Our Network

Featured Resources

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Population Management

Treating Addiction in Primary Care: Marin City Health and Wellness Center

Nov 7, 2018 • Center for Care Innovations

We launched an initiative to help California health centers treat opioid addiction as part of their primary care services. One of the clinics was Marin City Health and Wellness Center, where today 100 patients have received treatment — and hope.

Population Management

Reflections on Eating as a Health Professional: Lessons Learned from My Care in an Eating Disorder Clinic

Oct 25, 2018 • Alexis Wielunski

I’ve always been overweight or obese by the body mass index measure. So much in my life tells me that I should focus on losing weight. Working in the health field, I feel so much shame in being over...

Population Management

Lessons from Cherokee Health Systems: A Truly Integrated, and Inspiring, Model of Care

Sep 27, 2018 • Megan O'Brien

For our Population Health Learning Network (PHLN), CCI is providing the opportunity to the 25 participating teams to visit one of six organizations that are exemplars in at least two aspects of popula...

Innovation & Design Thinking

Your New Go-To Design Method: The Service Blueprint

Sep 18, 2018 • Laura Blumenthal

For the design enthusiasts in our network, I have a question for you: When you're working on a design project at your organization and create a customer journey map, do you ever feel like you still on...

Technology Solutions

After Tragedy, Debbie Heals with the Help of Telehealth

Nov 26, 2018

After losing two children in a brutal attack, Debbie suffered from PTSD and depression. With few mental health professionals in rural Anza, Calif., she struggled to get the help she needed. Then a lo...

Innovation & Design Thinking

10 Insights on the Future of Health

Nov 28, 2018 • Center for Care Innovations

At our latest gathering of the Safety Net Innovation Network, we set our sights on the future of health.

Addiction Treatment Starts Here: Primary Care

In partnership with California Department of Health Care Services and Cedars-Sinai, we’re launching Addiction Treatment Starts Here: Primary Care.

This new program focuses on increasing access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in primary care for patients with opioid use disorder. We’ll provide grants of $50,000 and a range of support to connect you with peers and experts who are successfully implementing, scaling, and financially sustaining MAT in primary care settings. Up to 40 health center sites in California will be selected to participate in this 18-month learning community beginning in February 2019.

Application Deadline: December 14