CCI hosts the final call for the Moving Clinics Upstream program where participants reflect on the program and lessons learned and discuss sustainability.
CCI hosts a virtual presentation showcase featuring the work that 10 Los Angeles Clinics have been doing over the past 18 months to address food insecurity and transportation in their community and create social change at scale.
CCI hosts a working session for MCU teams. During the session MCU teams review each other’s screening and referral workflows and work on their Project Presentations.
CCI hosts a panel discussion featuring three LA-based clinic sites. Panelists discuss their current food security efforts and how they have pivoted to offer care during COVID-19
This optional office hours led by Human-Centered Design mentor, Jill Rees, reviews the three design methods from the In-Person Session. Teams had a chance to ask questions.
Social Needs Project Case Studies
Building a Collaboration with West County Health Centers to Address School Absenteeism
West County Health Centers aimed to combine school absenteeism data with the health center’s clinical data to identify ways the health center and school district could collaborate to reduce school absenteeism and support families’ health and education goals.
Social Needs Project Case Studies
Cultivating Community Partnerships to Address Patient Employment Needs
Petaluma Health Center worked to strengthen their PRAPARE implementation and foster strategic partnerships to develop job training and employment services for under- or unemployed patients.
Social Needs Project Case Studies
Developing a Whole-Person Case Management Program for People Exiting the Criminal Justice System
St. John’s refined their RISE (Re-entry Integrated Services, Engagement & Empowerment) program, which provides intensive health and social needs case management to individuals with chronic health conditions transitioning from jail or prison back into the community.
Social Needs Project Case Studies
Expanding Access to Healthy Food at LifeLong Medical Care
LifeLong Medical Care used the ROOTS grant to pilot a food insecurity screening and referral intervention in one primary care clinic with the goal of eventually expanding systemwide.
Lessons & Resources from ROOTS Program
ROOTS Program Informational Webinar
The Center for Care Innovations (CCI) hosted an informational webinar about the Roles Out Of Traditional Systems (ROOTS) Program. This webinar offers detailed information about the program offerings and application process.
Lessons & Resources from ROOTS Program
ROOTS Program Kickoff
This webinar kicked off the beginning of the ROOTS program on September 14, 2017 and provides an overview of the program activities and expectations for participants.
Lessons & Resources from ROOTS Program
Early Lessons Learned from the ROOTS Program
On this webinar, the CCI team shared a summary of early lessons learned gathered from teams through various program activities, including in-person sessions, team coaching calls and evaluation activities.
Lessons & Resources from ROOTS Program
ROOTS Convening #1: Addressing Social Needs from the Perspective of Health Centers
Our ROOTS 2017 grantees came together on October 5, 2017 to learn about the goals of the ROOTS program and learning community. Project teams also had the opportunity to share about their proposed projects and receive feedback from peers and faculty.
Lessons & Resources from ROOTS Program
ROOTS Convening #2: A Deep Dive into Partnerships and Change Management
Our ROOTS teams came together for the second program convening on March 8, 2018 to learn more about building partnerships and change management. Througout the day, we heard from three different organizations: Health Leads, Collaborative Consulting and Nonprofit Finance Fund, who shared tools, tips and examples of work they’ve done in the topic areas.
Lessons & Resources from ROOTS Program
ROOTS Convening #3: Wrap Up & Reflection
Our ROOTS teams came together for the final program convening on August 23, 2018 to share and reflect on the past year of the ROOTS program. We spent the day sharing and learning from each other through talk story, in addition to hearing stories of how SDOH efforts have impacted patients and staff, and how to continue sustaining and funding such efforts moving forward.
Capacity-Building Resources
Closing the Loop on Referrals
On this webinar, we heard from Sara Bader and Rishi Manchanda from HealthBegins discuss the key components involved in closing the loop on clinic referrals.
Capacity-Building Resources
Empathic Inquiry in Clinic Settings
Carol Bernstein of Elevation Health Partners talks about how to use empathic inquiry within the medical clinic setting.
Capacity-Building Resources
The Many Ways Safety Net Clinics Finance Social Programs
The Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network (SIREN) at UCSF hosted a webinar on strategies safety net clinics use to finance social needs initiatives.
Capacity-Building Resources
Optimizing the Flow of Information and Work for Social Needs
Sara Badar and Dr. Rishi Manchanda from HealthBegins share ideas and strategies for optimizing the flow of social needs information and work in a clinical setting. They describe how to map your current information and workflows and how to identify opportunities for work and information flow improvement. Using Hayward Wellness as a case study, they describe how they improved the flow of information and work in order to integrate food insecurity screening.
Staff Perspectives on SDOH
Learning to Talk-Story
CCI President and Senior Director on the ROOTS Program, Veenu Aulakh, shares the importance of listening and talking-stories, as shown from a site visit to Kokua Kalihi Valley Health Center in Hawai'i.
Staff Perspectives on SDOH
Reflections from a Decade of Listening
Value-Based Senior Program Manager Megan O’Brien discusses her takeaways from working at the Berkeley Free Clinic and her visit to Kokua Kalihi Valley.