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The California Improvement Network (CIN) is a learning and action community that advances equitable health care experiences and outcomes for Californians through cross-sector connections, spreading good ideas, and implementing improvements.

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The California Improvement Network (CIN) is a learning and action community that advances equitable health care experiences and outcomes for Californians through cross-sector connections, spreading good ideas, and implementing improvements.

What Is CIN?

The California Improvement Network (CIN) is a learning and action community that advances equitable health care experiences and outcomes for Californians through cross-sector connections, spreading good ideas, and implementing improvements.

CIN Quick Facts

CIN’s guiding vision for 2025-2027 is a future in which all people can experience person-centered care that results in improved and equitable care experiences and outcomes.

CIN partners engage in a shared governance model, define priorities for learning and action, collaborate on network activities, and advance the network’s aim by building relationships across the health care ecosystem.

CIN is unique in that it brings together health care organizations (HCOs), such as providers, payers, and supporters, with community-based and social service organizations (CBOs) to improve health care.

CIN is a project of the California Health Care Foundation and managed by Healthforce Center at UCSF.

Learn how CIN functions and who is in the network.

CIN Priority Areas

CIN establishes three priority areas for learning and action for each two-year cycle. For 2025-2027, we are focused on leading change and fostering resilience, improving care to achieve equity, partnering to support whole-person care.

See resources and tools for these and earlier priority areas below:

Join CIN!

The California Improvement Network is open to all and free of cost thanks to the support of the California Health Care Foundation. Subscribe now to hear about the latest health improvement events, resources, and tools through our monthly newsletter. See examples of our recent newsletters at these links:

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New & Noteworthy

Tool

Listening to Community Voices: A Health Plan’s Approach to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternity Care

Through a structured process with providers, health plan members, and CBOs, Molina Healthcare identified three lessons that might help other organizations collaborating with communities on reducing racial disparities in maternal health care.

Maternal Health

Going Beyond ROI to Create Cultures of Equity: How Internal DEIB Impacts Community Health Outcomes

Facts and Data
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Future Thinking: What Must California Do To Create a Thriving Health Ecosystem?

Health Workforce

CIN Webinar — Advancing Equity in Behavioral Health Through Harnessing Key Change Levers

Behavioral Health
Homeless Prenatal Program Lobby

CIN Webinar — Creating Equitable Health Outcomes Through Building Internal DEI Practices

Health Equity
Participants at CIN Partner Meeting in LA.
Past event

CIN Webinar – Building Processes to Improve SDOH Data Capture, Coding, and Referrals

This CIN webinar focused on how community health centers can improve social determinants of health (SDOH) data capture at their clinical sites through z-code usage and referral integration with FindHelp.

Health Workforce

CIN Convening – Partnering with Complex Power Dynamics

Medi-Cal

CIN Webinar – Affordability Accelerator Framework: A Roadmap to Improve Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs

Health Care Costs/Affordability

CIN Workshop – Analyzing and Communicating Results of DEIB Efforts in Communities

Health Equity
Street medicine practitioner assesses client's injury

CIN Webinar — Navigating Cross-Sector Challenges in a Street Medicine Partnership

Medi-Cal
Chiamaka Ugorji
Feature Story

Making Flu Vaccinations Easy: SCAN Health Plan’s Tactics to Reduce Racial Disparities

Through a multi-channel approach and partnerships with community organizations, SCAN plans not only to minimize disparities in flu vaccination for their members in Los Angeles, but also to engage members year-round and establish themselves as a trusted voice for health care.

Health Equity
Doctor shaking hands with person wearing suit.

CIN Webinar – Developing Mutually Beneficial Funding Models in Community Health Partnerships

Primary Care
Photo of meeting participants engaged in a presentation for the CIN partner meeting in March 2023.

How Community Voices Can Strengthen Health Workforce Strategies

Health Workforce
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Strategies for Recruiting and Nurturing a Thriving Health Workforce

Health Workforce

Understanding Indigenous Communities to Support Their Health Needs

Health Equity
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Past event

CIN Workshop – Tools for Authentic Collaboration and Decision-Making

This CIN workshop explored effective practices when collaborating as teams, including levels of member empowerment, effective meeting techniques, and problem-solving frameworks. The event was free and open to all staff at health and social services organizations.

Health Workforce

CIN Learning Session – The DHCS 2022 Comprehensive Quality Strategy and Bold Goals Initiative

Health Equity
Ralph Silber

Planning for the Inevitable: Succession Planning for Senior Leaders

Health Workforce
Photo of Stella Safo, Sunita Mutha at CIN partner meeting in March 2023.

Equitable Co-Design in Health Care: How to Incorporate Community Voices to Impact Systems

Health Equity
Volunteer delivers medically tailored meal to patient's home.

Community-Based Organizations to Join Reimagined California Improvement Network

Medi-Cal
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Tool

A Toolkit to Advance Racial Health Equity in Primary Care Improvement

This CIN toolkit offers concrete, practical approaches and resources to help health care organizations — including those that provide, pay for, or support primary care — to increase quality improvement efforts that center racial health equity. Case studies provide insights into how organizations have implemented improvements.

Health Equity
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CIN Workshop — Confronting Racism Denial: Tools for Naming Racism and Moving to Action

Health Equity

CIN Workshop — Advocate to Accelerate Change

Health Workforce

CIN Connections, Winter 2022 — Centering Equity in Health Care Improvement

Health Equity

CIN Connections, Summer 2021 — Caring and Sharing: Supporting the Primary Care Workforce

Health Workforce
CIN Connections, Spring 2021
Expert Perspective

CIN Connections, Spring 2021 — Addressing Racism to Improve Health

In this issue of CIN Connections, CIN partners explore how racism drives health inequities on many levels and leads to higher mortality, strategies to ensure equity, and how to develop an anti-racist organization.

Health Equity

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Going Beyond ROI to Create Cultures of Equity: How Internal DEIB Impacts Community Health Outcomes

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Future Thinking: What Must California Do To Create a Thriving Health Ecosystem?

Health Workforce
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Making Flu Vaccinations Easy: SCAN Health Plan’s Tactics to Reduce Racial Disparities

Health Equity
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Strategies for Recruiting and Nurturing a Thriving Health Workforce

Health Workforce