California Improvement Network

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.

In January 2023, CIN will embark on its next cycle to pursue its guiding vision: A future in which all people can experience person-centered care that results in improved and equitable health care experiences and outcomes. This requires access to and coordination of health and social services in every community.

CIN is a project of the California Health Care Foundation and managed by Healthforce Center at UCSF, which creates a collective force for health, equity, and action.

What Makes CIN Unique?

The 2023-2024 cycle of CIN supports the future state of health care in California by bringing together health care organizations (HCOs), such as providers, payers, and supporters, with community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide food, housing, legal, and other services. CIN is recruiting partner organizations committed to achieving equitable health care experiences and outcomes in California. See details on recruitment.

CIN accelerates the spread of health care improvement innovations through:

  • Connection: Meetings and other opportunities to build and strengthen connections among partners and members to increase improvement capacity.
  • Learning: Speakers, workshops, and other resources that advance knowledge and skills for leaders.
  • Action: Partners and members implement improvements in their organizations.

For more information, see our latest offerings below and read more about CIN.

 

Join CIN!

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

Join CIN now to become part of a community that is connecting, learning together, and taking action that makes positive change in the health of Californians!

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New & Noteworthy

Publication

A Toolkit to Advance Racial Health Equity in Primary Care Improvement

April 2022
Health Equity
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.
May 19, 2022

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

Health Equity
May 19, 2022
This workshop is intended for health and social services leaders (broadly defined as those contributing to the health of communities) who want to better understand how racism impacts health and well-being and who are eager to take positive actions to combat the negative health impacts of racism.
April 28, 2022

CIN Webinar — Introducing a Toolkit to Advance Racial Health Equity in Primary Care Improvement Efforts

Health Equity
April 28, 2022
This CIN webinar covered how to use the CIN toolkit to help organizations that provide, pay for, or support primary care to increase the number of care improvement efforts that center racial equity.
March 24, 2022

CIN Workshop — Advocate to Accelerate Change

March 24, 2022
This CIN workshop focused on a framework for catalyzing and implementing change on the interpersonal, organizational, and systemic levels. Watch the replay.
Publication

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

January 2022
Health Equity
This issue of CIN Connections offers ways to implement quality improvement efforts that intentionally advance health equity in primary care. It summarizes strategies and reflections from national leaders at the CIN partners meeting in November 2021 as they wrestle with addressing health disparities.
January 11, 2022

CIN Webinar — Improving Behavioral Health Equity for Peri- and Postpartum Latinx Patients with Depression

Health Equity, Behavioral Health
January 11, 2022
Watch the replay of this CIN webinar to learn how Cherokee Health Systems redesigned workflows and clinical practices to improve the identification and treatment of depression for Latinx patients.
November 30, 2021

CIN Webinar — Developing a Learning Community to Advance Care Management

Health Equity
November 30, 2021
During this webinar, attendees learned about the successes and implementation of the Care Management Learning Community program at CIN partner organization Community Health Center Network.
Project

CIN Resource Page: Centering Equity in Quality Improvement

Health Equity
This California Improvement Network resource page provides curated tools to better understand how to integrate equity into care improvement initiatives.
Publication

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

June 2021
Workforce
In this issue of CIN Connections, learn about strategies from health care leaders as they wrestle with increased levels of burnout, trauma, and moral injury among the primary care workforce. Hear about multimodal approaches to building a culture of well-being — creating a workplace where it’s okay to not be okay, to talk about feelings, and to get support.
Publication

CIN Connections, Spring 2021 — Addressing Racism to Improve Health

March 2021
Health Equity
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.
Project

CIN Resource Page: Building a Resilient Primary Care Workforce

This California Improvement Network resource page provides curated tools to better understand the causes and consequences of burnout, secondary trauma, and moral injury and contains ideas and practices for better supporting the primary care workforce.
Collection

CIN Resources: Resilient Leadership

The California Improvement Network offers tips, tools, and resources to build resilience, develop powerful communication, and navigate change.
Collection

CIN Resources: Addressing Social Needs That Impact Health

The California Improvement Network offers tips, tools, and background information on addressing social needs.
Collection

CIN Resources: Providing Care Differently

The California Improvement Network offers tips, tools, and resources to improve care outcomes, increase access and reduce costs by reconsidering and expanding health care delivery.
Collection

Preventing Burnout — CIN Collection

The California Improvement Network offers tips, tools, and ideas to reduce provider and staff burnout, and promote well-being at health care organizations.
Collection

CIN Resources: Behavioral Health Integration

Behavioral Health
The California Improvement Network offers tips, tools, and ideas to better integrate behavioral health and primary care.
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