NEW YORK, July 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Addressing both the clinical and the social determinants of health is crucial to improving lives and reducing long-term costs. A new report, Working Together toward Better Health Outcomes, explores the many ways that healthcare organizations and community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide human services are partnering in shared pursuit of better health outcomes.
The Partnership for Healthy Outcomes — a project of Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS), and the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities (Alliance), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) — set out to capture and analyze the lessons emerging in this dynamic space. Information from more than 200 healthcare-related partnerships serving all 50 US states provide important lessons from, and for, partnerships that hope to improve access to care, address health inequities, and make progress on social issues like food, education, and housing.
Among the report's insights:
About Nonprofit Finance Fund®NFF advances missions and social progress in underserved communities through financing, consulting, partnerships, and knowledge-sharing that empower leaders, organizations, and ideas. A leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), NFF has $250 million in assets under management and has provided $620 million in financing and access to additional capital in support of over $2.3 billion in projects for thousands of organizations nationwide. Visit nff.org to learn more about our work and follow us at @nff_news.
About Alliance for Strong Families and Communities The Alliance for Strong Families and Communities is a national organization dedicated to achieving our vision of a healthy and equitable society. The Alliance works for systemic change by harnessing the collective power of its network of hundreds of nonprofit human-serving organizations across North America as they translate knowledge into best practices that improve their communities. Working with and through its member network on leadership, innovation, and advocacy, the Alliance strives to achieve high impact by reducing the number of people living in poverty, increasing the number of people with opportunities to live healthy lives, and increasing the number of people with access to educational and employment success. Go to alliance1.org for more information.
About the Center for Health Care StrategiesThe Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) is a national nonprofit health policy center dedicated to improving the health of low-income Americans. CHCS achieves its mission by working with state and federal agencies, health plans, community-based organizations, providers, and consumer groups to advance innovative and cost-effective models for organizing, financing, and delivering health care services. Its work focuses on enhancing access to coverage and services, advancing delivery system and payment reform, and integrating services for people with complex needs. For more information, visit www.chcs.org.
About Robert Wood Johnson FoundationFor more than 40 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve health and health care. We are working with others to build a national Culture of Health enabling everyone in America to live longer, healthier lives. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org. Follow the Foundation on Twitter at www.rwjf.org/twitter or on Facebook at www.rwjf.org/facebook.
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Subj.: Report: Working Together toward Better Health Outcomes
How can working together toward shared goals best lead to greater health and well-being?
This question lies at the heart of the Partnership for Healthy Outcomes, a collaborative project with [Nonprofit Finance Fund, Center for Health Care Strategies and Alliance for Strong Families and Communities ], with generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
As consensus grows around the importance of addressing both the social and the clinical determinants of health to see lasting gains in well-being especially in low-income communities, and amidst continuing uncertainty in the policies and politics of US healthcare, we set out to capture the early learnings of partnerships between healthcare organizations and community-based human services providers. Our continuing goal is to capture and share experiences that can inform new and evolving partnerships and help them help all toward better health outcomes.
Our outreach to uncover health-care related partnerships across the country yielded more than 200 responses from organizations serving all 50 US states, and we are happy to share with you today the report of our key findings, Working Together toward Better Health Outcomes. Among its insights:
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How can we improve health outcomes and reduce costs? Human services-healthcare partnerships are working in communities across the country to do just that. We're pleased to share this new report, Working Across Sectors Toward Better Health, produced with our partners the Center for Health Care Strategies and the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, and with generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Media Contact: Tricia McKenna, 617.553.8020, [email protected]
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The Partnership for Healthy Outcomes — a project of Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS), and the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities (Alliance), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) — set out to capture and analyze the lessons emerging in this dynamic space. Information from more than 200 healthcare-related partnerships serving all 50 US states provide important lessons from, and for, partnerships that hope to improve access to care, address health inequities, and make progress on social issues like food, education, and housing.
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Among the report's insights:
- There's no one-size-fits-all formula: Respondents represented partnerships of many sizes, motivations, and contractual and funding arrangements. Many are among healthcare providers and CBOs – but partners also include public health and other government agencies, private insurers, foundations, schools, supermarkets, and others.
- Most commonly, partnerships provide services to impact immediate-term clinical goals, such as reduced hospital admissions, length of stays, and/or emergency room usage.
- 65% of partnerships report having realized cost savings.
- Partnerships rely on an evolving variety of funding sources including, for example, private foundations, healthcare systems, and/or government entities.
- Nearly all respondents said their partnerships are helping them expand their organizations' skills and capacities in network-building, improving programs, and generating new funding.
About Nonprofit Finance Fund®NFF advances missions and social progress in underserved communities through financing, consulting, partnerships, and knowledge-sharing that empower leaders, organizations, and ideas. A leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), NFF has $250 million in assets under management and has provided $620 million in financing and access to additional capital in support of over $2.3 billion in projects for thousands of organizations nationwide. Visit nff.org to learn more about our work and follow us at @nff_news.
About Alliance for Strong Families and Communities The Alliance for Strong Families and Communities is a national organization dedicated to achieving our vision of a healthy and equitable society. The Alliance works for systemic change by harnessing the collective power of its network of hundreds of nonprofit human-serving organizations across North America as they translate knowledge into best practices that improve their communities. Working with and through its member network on leadership, innovation, and advocacy, the Alliance strives to achieve high impact by reducing the number of people living in poverty, increasing the number of people with opportunities to live healthy lives, and increasing the number of people with access to educational and employment success. Go to alliance1.org for more information.
About the Center for Health Care StrategiesThe Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) is a national nonprofit health policy center dedicated to improving the health of low-income Americans. CHCS achieves its mission by working with state and federal agencies, health plans, community-based organizations, providers, and consumer groups to advance innovative and cost-effective models for organizing, financing, and delivering health care services. Its work focuses on enhancing access to coverage and services, advancing delivery system and payment reform, and integrating services for people with complex needs. For more information, visit www.chcs.org.
About Robert Wood Johnson FoundationFor more than 40 years the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve health and health care. We are working with others to build a national Culture of Health enabling everyone in America to live longer, healthier lives. For more information, visit www.rwjf.org. Follow the Foundation on Twitter at www.rwjf.org/twitter or on Facebook at www.rwjf.org/facebook.
Eblast Template (customizable by sender)
Subj.: Report: Working Together toward Better Health Outcomes
How can working together toward shared goals best lead to greater health and well-being?
This question lies at the heart of the Partnership for Healthy Outcomes, a collaborative project with [Nonprofit Finance Fund, Center for Health Care Strategies and Alliance for Strong Families and Communities ], with generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
As consensus grows around the importance of addressing both the social and the clinical determinants of health to see lasting gains in well-being especially in low-income communities, and amidst continuing uncertainty in the policies and politics of US healthcare, we set out to capture the early learnings of partnerships between healthcare organizations and community-based human services providers. Our continuing goal is to capture and share experiences that can inform new and evolving partnerships and help them help all toward better health outcomes.
Our outreach to uncover health-care related partnerships across the country yielded more than 200 responses from organizations serving all 50 US states, and we are happy to share with you today the report of our key findings, Working Together toward Better Health Outcomes. Among its insights:
- There's no one-size-fits-all formula: Respondents represented partnerships of many sizes, shapes, and contractual and funding arrangements. Many are among healthcare providers and CBOs — but partners also include public health and other government agencies, private insurers, foundations, schools, supermarkets, and others.
- Most commonly, partnerships provide services to impact immediate-term clinical goals, such as reduced hospital admissions. length of stays, and/or emergency room usage.
- 65% of partnerships report having realized cost savings.
- Partnerships rely on an evolving variety of funding sources including, for example, private foundations, healthcare systems, and/or government entities.
- Nearly all respondents said their partnerships are helping them expand their organizations' skills and capacities in network-building, improving programs, and generating new funding.
Please help us drive this conversation forward!
Social media:
Report Bitly: http://bit.ly/RFIReport
Twitter:
What happens when a homeless shelter works with a hospital? New report on healthcare-human services partnerships: http://bit.ly/RFIReport #SDOH
Lessons for healthcare-human services partnerships w/ @AllianceNews, @CHCShealth @RWJF http://bit.ly/RFIReport
Working Together Toward Better #Health #Outcomes, report w/ @AllianceNews, @CHCShealth @RWJF http://bit.ly/RFIReport
Health: an important #outcomes proving ground. http://bit.ly/RFIReport
Partnerships to address #SDOH hold lessons for improving outcomes, reducing costs. http://bit.ly/RFIReport
How are healthcare & human services providers partnering for better health #outcomes? http://bit.ly/RFIReport
Facebook:
How can we improve health outcomes and reduce costs? Human services-healthcare partnerships are working in communities across the country to do just that. We're pleased to share this new report, Working Across Sectors Toward Better Health, produced with our partners the Center for Health Care Strategies and the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, and with generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Media Contact: Tricia McKenna, 617.553.8020, [email protected]
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