The CIN partners meet quarterly to share findings and ideas generated from work on the front lines of clinical practice. Read brief reports on the meeting discussions and see related resources.

New models of care delivery are evolving in response to economic pressures, physician shortages, access barriers, and patient preferences. Six innovations seek to extend primary care, everywhere.

Despite a heightened focus on patient safety in recent years, and incremental gains being made, California still grapples with quality improvement.

This supplement to the Stanford Social Innovation Review offers perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for innovators working to improve quality and cut costs.

This report features lessons on spreading better ideas in chronic disease care from the California Improvement Network. Topics include establishing a strategy, creating an effective social system, measuring effectiveness, and providing feedback.

Where do you go for health information? A national survey finds the Internet has joined doctors and family as the top three ways people handle their health care questions, but that adults with chronic diseases are disproportionately offline.

Self-management support for patients with chronic illness is a routine function of clinical care in many primary care organizations. This report describes a number of models that have been successful in involving these patients in a well-planned and efficient way.

Many California medical groups, IPAs, and safety-net organizations have been working on ways to improve the patient experience. The strategies and insights of a number of these ambulatory care organizations are described in this paper.

These reports are designed to help counties and local health systems identify regions in California with high rates of chronic disease. The analysis includes exhibits, maps, and statistics related to specific conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, and asthma.

This publication focuses on the development of online and mobile applications that can help individuals remotely manage their chronic conditions.

A number of leaders in patient self-management support have created training materials for clinicians and other providers. Tom Bodenheimer of UCSF’s Center for Excellence in Primary Care identified some effective materials.

This snapshot provides highlights from a survey of California adults with chronic conditions.

Patients with chronic illness can benefit when their families support them in managing their care. This report provides information and resources for enhancing family involvement.

Self-management support plays a key role in chronic disease management. This study correlated patient experience of provider self-management support with process and clinical outcome measures.

This ten-minute video provides tips on how to structure regular meetings and which staff to include to improve clinical team effectiveness and achieve continuous quality improvement in health care delivery. Sample documents are also available.