Fostering Hope: Integrated Care Treats the Cause, Not the Symptoms

If healthy, strong communities are what we want to see, we’ve been going about it all wrong. Learn about an Oregon group’s network approach to community health.

CommunityMichael RohwerJuly 15, 2018community, integrated care, collective impact, social determinants of health, outcome-based care, individualized care, collaboration, social services, prevention, Fostering Hope Initiative, case study, shared purpose, smart networks

Fostering Hope: Collective Impact Initiative Offers Lessons for Healthcare Industry

Driven by increasing needs and tighter funding, nonprofit agencies are formalizing their collaborator networks into collective impact initiatives to improve lives, strengthen communities and reduce the cost of care. This is the first of three articles exploring how one Marion County, Ore., group is approaching community health – and what the healthcare industry can learn from it.

Shared PurposeMichael RohwerJune 13, 2018community, integrated care, collective impact, social determinants of health, outcome-based care, networks, individualized care, collaboration, social services, prevention, Fostering Hope Initiative, case study

You can’t know what you can’t see

All of us have a personal narrative grown from firsthand experience that filters and shapes our understanding and perspective. It can also blind us to growing problems and innovative solutions. Being able to see the whole is job one for understanding how our healthcare system works and for being able to make it work better.

Smart NetworksMichael RohwerMay 9, 2018community, social services, integrated care, managed care, social determinants of health, complex adaptive system, population health, individualized care, affordable care, wicked problems, systems thinking, shared purpose

Join the Conversation: Social Determinants of Health

On Thursday, April 27, the Oregon Health Forum will host a panel discussion, “The Impact of Social Determinants on Health Outcomes,” in Portland. Curandi is a sponsor of the event, and I’m excited to see this important topic gaining attention here in Oregon and around the country.

Shared PurposeMichael RohwerApril 12, 2018social determinants of health, Oregon Health Forum, health outcomes, outcome-based care, individualized care, integrated care, population health, networks, Fostering Hope Initiative, Curandi news, sponsorship

Beyond Universal Healthcare - The case for local community health networks

Rather than looking for a cure-all, it’s time we recognize the complex, interwoven nature of our social systems and accept that incremental change is the only solution, not a lesser solution.

Shared PurposeMichael RohwerApril 10, 2018social determinants of health, Oregon Health Forum, health outcomes, outcome-based care, individualized care, integrated care, population health, networks, Fostering Hope Initiative, community

Network business models will revolutionize community health

Since the 1990s, the cost of medical care has seen the greatest rate of inflation across all sectors, suppressing wages and limiting economic growth. The system is an enormously complicated technical approach to a complex problem. But complicated is not complex, and only complexity can manage complexity; working harder at the old paradigm won’t yield a different outcome. It doesn’t need to be this way.

Smart NetworksMichael RohwerNovember 23, 2017networks, models, complex adaptive system, self-organized, integrated care, collaboration, individualized care, outcome-based care, shared purpose, affordable care, social determinants of health

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