Bringing essential partners together to improve health and health care

We work alongside patients, care teams, health care leaders, researchers, and funders to transform care in a variety of settings nationwide. Collaborating with a diverse mix of public and private partners is central to our vision to improve health for all people and communities.

We are grateful to the many people and organizations who provide invaluable support and expertise to ensure our work is practical, equitable, and evidence-based:

• Patients and families who guide our work in topics such as integrated pain management, social health integration, adolescent mental health, and education and training for early career researchers.
   
• Care teams and health care leaders who collaborate with us to improve health and health care — from our home organization, Kaiser Permanente, a not-for-profit integrated health system, to Federally Qualified Health Centers and other health care organizations across the country.
   
• State and national organizations that work on behalf of community health centers, such as the Washington Association for Community Health, the National Association of Community Health Centers, and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
   
• Scientists and research staff at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and elsewhere whose expertise allows us to do innovative work in areas such as advanced analytics, learning health system research, and rapid evidence synthesis.
   
• Grant-funding organizations who make our work possible — including foundations such as such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California Health Care Foundation, as wells as government agencies such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the National Institutes of Health.
   

Our unique position within Kaiser Permanente

Fundamental to our work is our close partnership with our colleagues at Kaiser Permanente Washington and across Kaiser Permanente’s 8 regional markets. Our position as part of a wider health care enterprise is unique, allowing us to bring together partners well beyond our walls with a national network of clinicians, researchers, and patients to transform care at Kaiser Permanente and beyond.

 

Learn more about ACT Center partnerships

Partnering in the safety net

Kelsey Stefanik-Guizlo reflects on ACT Center’s 7-year partnership to improve care for communities in 19 states

 

Partnering with patients

Kathryn Ramos shares her experience as a patient partner with the Integrated Pain Management Program

Partnering with health systems

How Kaiser Permanente Washington is working with ACT Center to make cervical cancer screening easier