Social health refers to the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, work, worship, play, and age. Improving social health is vital to improving overall health.
The PCMH is a model of primary care in which patients receive well-coordinated services and enhanced access to a care team. Providers practicing in PCMHs use decision support tools, measure their performance, engage patients in their own care, and conduct quality improvement activities to address patients' needs.
The Framework for Creating a Regional Health Care System combines and organizes the critical components of successful regional quality improvement efforts.
ACT Center supports the design, implementation and evaluation of the community resource specialist, a new role to address patients’ social health needs in primary care.
Working with leaders and care teams from across KP Washington, we've developed or tested models for a wide range of health system challenges - including preventable hospitalizations, potential harm from opioid use, and risk for suicide attempt.