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It takes an ecosystem: Finding success in complex care
November 14, 2019Read the adapted opening remarks by Kathleen Noonan, CEO of the Camden Coalition for Healthcare Providers, for Putting Care at the Center 2019 in Memphis, TN. Welcome to the fourth Putting Care at the Center Conference. We are so excited to be here in Memphis as we work together to build the field of complex […]...Read more
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New Trails Navigators and Roots Community Health Center: Putting equity into practice through workforce development
October 29, 2019As we wrote in the Blueprint for Complex Care, effective complex care must be equitable. This means addressing the consequences of poverty, racism, and other systemic issues by partnering with individuals with complex needs and their communities — both in identifying barriers and in developing solutions. Two exciting initiatives, one a brand new startup in […]...Read more
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Camden Coalition partners with the Better Care Playbook to share practical solutions for serving complex populations
October 29, 2019Complex care providers are always on the lookout for better ways to engage patients and partners. The field is perpetually iterating to find creative approaches to close the gap between medicine, behavioral health, and social services that creates barriers to health and well-being for people with complex needs. Many interesting innovations in managing care, using […]...Read more
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Working to expand and improve abortion access through complex care strategies
October 29, 2019By Roxanne Sutocky, Director of Community Engagement, Cherry Hill Women’s Center For nearly 40 years, Cherry Hill Women’s Center has been the premiere abortion care center for families in Camden County, New Jersey. We provide compassionate abortion care and reproductive health services, inspired by our belief in the autonomy of the individual and our commitment […]...Read more
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Complex care core competencies working group launches
September 24, 2019Last year, alongside the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the National Center released the Blueprint for Complex Care, a national strategic plan for strengthening the emerging field of complex care. One of the Blueprint’s findings was that the practice of complex care requires significantly different knowledge, skills, […]...Read more
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New toolkit: A practical guide for establishing MAT programs in a primary care setting
September 24, 2019Medications for opioid use disorder are evidence-based and, in combination with evidence-based behavioral health interventions, are best practice. But successful medications for addiction treatment (MAT) programs need to do more than just prescribe and dispense medication — they must also be designed to address the complex health and social needs of the patients seeking care. […]...Read more
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New implementation science and practice resources
August 28, 2019Announcing three new resources — from Health Leads, J-PAL North America, and the Penn Center for Community Health Workers — designed to help organizations who are developing, testing, or attempting to replicate complex care initiatives, created in partnership with the National Center. The resources stem from the three organizations’ presentations in the implementation science and […]...Read more
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Complex care field-building update and new fall projects
August 27, 2019It’s been eight months since we released the Blueprint for Complex Care, a national strategic plan for strengthening an emerging field, and we are excited to report on what has been happening this year, as well as on several key activities launching this fall. The Blueprint rollout has been strong The Blueprint aligns the disparate […]...Read more
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Practical skills, tech, and teams: My Putting Care at the Center experience
July 29, 2019By Lisa Rotenstein MD MBA, Founder of CareZooming As a resident physician in internal medicine who has my own primary care panel, and the Co-Founder of CareZooming, I loved the opportunity to learn at the Putting Care at the Center 2018 conference. CareZooming is a platform that crowdsources information about ambulatory care delivery. Our core […]...Read more
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The importance of CHWs, collaboration, and flexibility: Reflections on Putting Care at the Center 2018
July 29, 2019By Rina Breakstone, LCSW Last December, my team and I traveled from sunny California to brave Chicago’s blustery winter to attend Putting Care at the Center 2018. Bundled up in scarves and gloves, we attended workshops, plenaries, the Beehive, and the keynote sessions. For two and a half days, my brain was racing in an […]...Read more
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Bringing it home: The shift in where healthcare is delivered
July 11, 2019As complex care gains momentum, organizations and providers are finding innovative ways to serve individuals’ complex health and social needs. However, transforming the way care is delivered requires policy change and new payment models. In this blog post for JAMA Forum, Lauran Hardin, our Senior Advisor for Partnerships and Technical Assistance, and Diana Mason, of […]...Read more
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What the regional convening selection process taught us about the field of complex care
June 26, 2019Why regional convenings? In our work across the country, system administrators and providers alike have expressed a lack of communication and knowledge between stakeholders as a key barrier to collaborative care for individuals with complex needs. To address these concerns, we set out to bring together three groups of complex care stakeholders across the country. […]...Read more
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CAPABLE: Addressing the home environment through team-based care
June 25, 2019When the Johns Hopkins CAPABLE team met “Edna,” she hadn’t been downstairs in her own home for two years. Highly sedated and unable to get out of bed on her own, she spent all day nodding off on a commode chair in her room. Each day her husband would lift her out of bed and […]...Read more
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Bridging the public health-healthcare divide for better outcomes
June 11, 2019By Kathleen Noonan The following is adapted from a commencement speech by Kathleen Noonan, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers CEO, at the University of Pennsylvania Master of Public Health graduation ceremony on May 20, 2019. The public health field has an opportunity right now to influence the traditional healthcare model in ways it has not […]...Read more
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The importance of family supports in addressing social determinants of health: Shared lessons from pediatrics and adult healthcare
May 28, 2019By Kathleen Noonan, Edward Schor Pediatric healthcare providers have long understood the power of social relationships, recognizing that maintaining and improving children’s health and promoting their development is a team effort involving the child’s family, healthcare providers, and a wide variety of others in the community. They, along with others, have embraced the idea that […]...Read more
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Reimagining healthcare through collaboration: Lauran Hardin speaks on the impact of complex care at TEDxMidAtlantic
April 30, 2019“A simple question about someone’s story can change the whole course, not only for the five percent but all of us.” On March 29, Lauran Hardin, Senior Advisor of Partnerships and Technical Assistance at the National Center, spoke at TEDxMidAtlantic in Washington, D.C. to a full house at Sidney Harman Hall. She shared the lessons […]...Read more
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Student Hotspotting: A six-year (and counting) journey in building complex care capacity across the country
March 26, 2019This spring, our Student Hotspotting program is recruiting its sixth cohort of interprofessional student teams to be trained in complex care techniques over six months. With a combination of hands-on patient engagement, an online curriculum, and regular case conferencing and round-table events with complex care experts, students learn to build authentic healing relationships and interact […]...Read more
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Demystifying person-centered care: A new video series from Community Catalyst
February 26, 2019In early February, Community Catalyst’s Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation (CCEHI) published a series of video modules, Re-envisioning care for people with involved disabilities, with the goal of introducing clinicians and healthcare leaders to the idea of person-centered care for those with complex health, social, and functional needs. A person-centered approach prioritizes individuals’ […]...Read more
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Looking ahead to 2019: Reflections on the field-building work of planning our conference
January 29, 2019By Mavis Asiedu-Frimpong Before I started in my role as Director of National Initiatives at the Camden Coalition, I had most recently served as Assistant Director of Policy and Planning at the San Francisco Health Department. At the Health Department we were constantly launching new initiatives to serve a population that cycled through our city’s […]...Read more
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Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute and the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs to Host Webinar on Innovative Approaches to Complex Care
January 10, 2019Oakland, January 10, 2019 – Kaiser Permanente’s Care Management Institute will host a webinar with the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs titled “Innovative Approaches to Complex Care.” The hour-long webinar will take place January 16th and will focus on innovative best practices used in caring for individuals facing intersecting medical, behavioral and […]...Read more
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Putting Care at the Center 2018 conference recap
December 18, 2018On December 5-7, 2018, over 650 complex care innovators from across sectors and across the country gathered in Chicago for the third annual Putting Care at the Center conference, the only annual conference on complex care in America. For three days, attendees networked, learned from other innovators, and shared how they and their colleagues are […]...Read more
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Putting Care at the Center 2018: Workshop resources
December 10, 2018Find all available resources from Putting Care at the Center 2018 workshops and Satellite Session here. Not seeing your resources or want to add additional resources? Email nationalcenter@camdenhealth.org. Satellite Session: Transforming Care through Age-Friendly Health Systems Facilitators: Marie Cleary-Fishman, Raahat Ansari, MaeMargaret Evans, Karineh Moradian Organizations: American Hospital Association, IHI Advisory Council Member, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California Region Resource: Dow...Read more
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Healthcare Innovation Leaders Release the Blueprint for Complex Care at 3rd Annual “Putting Care at the Center” Conference in Chicago
December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 The only annual national conference in America on complex care brings together leaders and organizations furthering the field of complex care for three days of workshops, presentations, and convenings More than 25 influential organizations have endorsed the Blueprint for Complex Care, a framework for the new field of complex care authored by […]...Read more
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The Blueprint for Complex Care: How did we get here and what’s next?
November 27, 2018The Blueprint for Complex Care is complete: after a whirlwind year of research, interviews, surveys, writing, and re-writing with our partners at the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the strategic plan for the field of complex care will be unveiled in December at Putting Care at the […]...Read more
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Field of Complex Care to Come Together at 3rd Annual “Putting Care at the Center” Conference in Chicago
November 21, 2018November 16, 2018 National Center to release the Blueprint for Complex Care, a guide for advancing the field The field of complex care will convene in Downtown Chicago during the first week of December at the third annual Putting Care at the Center conference. Putting Care at the Center is the only conference on complex […]...Read more
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A message from our CEO Kathleen Noonan on the Blueprint for Complex Care
November 7, 2018Dear National Center partners, Since I joined the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers as CEO in March, I have had the privilege of leading our regional, state, and national complex care initiatives, including our National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. It is an exciting moment to be leading this work: we’re seeing an […]...Read more
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Notes from the field: Using the Power of Partnership to transform care
October 29, 2018At its core, delivering person-centered care requires partnering with those receiving the care. These partnerships are key to identifying an individual’s needs and goals as well as redesigning care systems around what matters to patients and what impacts their wellbeing. Our work in Camden redesigning care delivery would not be possible without partnership with our […]...Read more
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Addressing opioid use disorder at community health centers in California
October 5, 2018Nearly 50,000 individuals died of opioid overdoses in 2017. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that opioid overdose deaths increased by nearly 45 percent between 2015 and 2017. As opioid overdose deaths continue to rise, policymakers across the country are working diligently to fund and implement solutions. This week, Congress sent a package […]...Read more
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Early bird registration extended through October 31 for Putting Care at the Center 2018
October 2, 2018Putting Care at the Center 2018, the third annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, will take place this December is and co-hosted with Rush University Medical Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Early bird tickets are on sale now, and the $100 discount off of general admission prices has been extended […]...Read more
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What’s ahead for the National Center? A look at our 2018-2020 strategic plan
September 25, 2018Last November we sent out a survey to our National Center audience, asking what you wanted from National Center programming. Informed in part by the feedback we received, this summer we completed a strategic plan for the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. The strategic plan maps out priorities, objectives, and tactics for […]...Read more
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Navigating political uncertainty: Collaboration, innovation, and community engagement in Oregon
September 24, 2018In 2016, CareOregon, Oregon’s Medicaid health plan and longtime provider of complex care services to its Medicaid-eligible population, was ready for a big win. CareOregon had worked with the state to apply for a Medicaid 1115 waiver that would allow them to use Medicaid funding more flexibly. The plan was to use Medicaid funds to […]...Read more
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New resources give how-tos for cross-sector data collaboration
September 11, 2018Cross-sector data sharing is lauded as an integral part of complex care. Sharing data between multiple sectors—such as behavioral health, medical, criminal justice, housing, and education—seems like a straightforward way to understand people’s complex health and social needs and provide whole-person care. In practice, however, sharing data isn’t always so simple. Most organizations that want […]...Read more
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First 100 Days: Reflections from new CEO Kathleen Noonan on what’s ahead for the Camden Coalition
August 24, 2018The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs is an initiative of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, a nonprofit organization working in Camden, NJ to innovate and test person-centered healthcare delivery models to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of their care. The National Center’s local roots inform its approach to working […]...Read more
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Student Hotspotting program honored for contributions to interprofessional education at Nexus Summit
August 22, 2018The Interprofessional Student Hotspotting Learning Collaborative was recognized on July 31 for its exemplary contributions to interprofessional education at the 2018 Nexus Summit, hosted by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education in Minneapolis. The evolving field of healthcare, specifically for patients with complex health and social needs, requires innovative, cross-sector approaches to train […]...Read more
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Training the next generation: University leadership in eliminating homelessness in Los Angeles
August 20, 2018Though Brenda Wiewel may not have always called it complex care, she has spent her social work career providing integrated, team-based care tailored around the needs of the most vulnerable. Now, as director of the University of Southern California (USC)’s University Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness, she is taking her work to a larger scale and […]...Read more
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Scaling complex care through innovations in replication: A new project with Health Quality Partners
August 20, 2018While hundreds of innovative complex care models exist across the country, few of them have been successfully replicated or scaled beyond a single site. Replicating exemplary health care models is critical to the advancement of complex care, and to effecting the kind of systems change that the field is working toward. That’s why the National […]...Read more
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Conference keynote Ai-jen Poo is putting care at the center with collective action
July 25, 2018In the complex care field, we know that providing better care to the people who need it most is more critical than ever. We also know that the healthcare systems we have in place right now aren’t working for populations with complex health and social needs: we need care that is built on personal relationships […]...Read more
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National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs Signs Ai-jen Poo as Keynote Speaker for 2018 Conference in Chicago
June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Bestselling author, MacArthur genius, and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs today named advocate Ai-jen Poo keynote speaker at its third annual Putting Care At the Center Conference in Chicago. The […]...Read more
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Creating meaningful partnerships: Community, equity, and complex care in Chicago
June 27, 2018Complex care is about addressing people’s social and medical needs, but most hospitals and health systems are only set up to do the latter. And while hospitals can make great strides towards better care by using data to identify individuals with complex health and social needs, deploying interprofessional teams, and improving care coordination, much of […]...Read more
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“Consumers bring something special to the table”: Consumer leadership at the National Center
May 23, 2018As we work to coalesce the field of complex care, it is people with complex health and social needs who are best positioned to identify the changes we need: consumer leadership is therefore fundamental to the work of the National Center. In Camden, NJ, we are governed by a Community Advisory Committee and have effected […]...Read more
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Office Hours for Complex Care: Maximizing partnerships with the criminal justice sector
May 22, 2018This Office Hours session features Laura Buckley, Senior Program Manager for Innovation Operations; Dawn Wiest, Director of Action Research and Evaluation; and Tyson Smith, Senior Program Manager for Qualitative Research, who all work on the Camden RESET program at the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers. Individuals with complex health and social needs interact with a […]...Read more
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Informational webinar: 2018 conference presentation opportunities
May 21, 2018This informational webinar provides an overview of the three types of presentation opportunities for the Putting Care at the Center 2018 conference: workshops, Beehive presentations, and Satellite Sessions. Conference team members walked through the differences between each presentation category, described the application process, and took questions from potential applicants. To learn more about presenting at […]...Read more
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National Center’s Lauran Hardin inducted as National Academies of Practice Distinguished Fellow
May 9, 2018Lauran Hardin, our Senior Director of Cross-Continuum Transformation, was inducted in April as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP). Lauran was one of 17 Nursing Fellows and 84 Fellows overall inducted in the Class of 2018. NAP works to advance interprofessional healthcare and represents 14 different health professions, including nursing, social […]...Read more
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Cross-sector collaboration for data sharing
May 7, 2018Individuals with complex health and social needs often cycle through various systems— including healthcare, social services, and criminal justice— without cross-sector communication or coordination. Cross-sector data sharing can help break down some of the barriers to providing whole-person care, but the process of creating strong data-sharing partnerships can be daunting. With support from the Aetna […]...Read more
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Open Call for 2018 Consumer Scholars
May 1, 2018Apply to bring a consumer from your organization to Putting Care at the Center 2018 Does your organization have consumers who are engaged in advocacy, outreach, or systems change? Are you a person with complex health and social needs who is interested in improving how care is delivered across the country? Putting Care at the […]...Read more
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Emerging models of complex care: Cross-sector care, community based care and more
April 25, 2018We are at a pivotal point in the field of complex care. More than ever before, large health systems, payers, state governments, and federal agencies are recognizing the benefits of complex care approaches and incorporating them into their care delivery, policy, and payment models. At the ground level, innovators around the country are pushing the […]...Read more
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Open Call for 2018 Conference Satellite Session Proposals
April 20, 2018We are now accepting Satellite Session proposals for Putting Care at the Center 2018, our annual conference on complex care. This year’s conference theme is Complex Care, Today and Tomorrow. We will delve into complex care models that have been developed across the country and explore directions for future innovation. We are excited to add your voice to the […]...Read more
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Open Call for 2018 Conference Beehive Proposals
April 15, 2018We are now accepting Beehive presentation proposals for Putting Care at the Center 2018, our annual conference on complex care. This year’s conference theme is Complex Care, Today and Tomorrow. We will delve into complex care models that have been developed across the country and explore directions for future innovation. We are excited to add your voice […]...Read more
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Open Call for 2018 Conference Workshop Proposals
April 11, 2018We are now seeking workshop proposals for Putting Care at the Center 2018, our annual conference on complex care. This year’s conference theme is Complex Care, Today and Tomorrow. We will delve into complex care models that have been developed across the country and explore directions for future innovation. We are excited to add your voice […]...Read more
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Beyond Cost and Utilization: Rethinking Evaluation Strategies for Complex Care Programs
April 9, 2018This webinar, cosponsored by the Center for Health Care Strategies’ Complex Care Innovation Lab and the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs (National Center), reviewed the merits and limitations of traditional complex care evaluation approaches, explored new ways to effectively evaluate these programs, and discussed the broader policy implications of evaluating complex care […]...Read more
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Gaining new perspectives on the same problem: Why complex care needs interprofessional teams
March 28, 2018We know that our current healthcare systems aren’t set up to provide appropriate care for patients with complex health and social needs and that the result is poor patient outcomes despite the enormous expenditure of resources. What we don’t always talk about is the way that these same systems affect the providers who feel powerless […]...Read more
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Student Hotspotting evaluation: Hands-on learning gets results
March 25, 2018The Interprofessional Student Hotspotting Learning Collaborative (Student Hotspotting) trains hundreds of students around the country every year to work in interprofessional teams to provide compassionate, whole-person care to people with complex health and social needs in their own communities. Student teams include both traditional healthcare disciplines like medicine, nursing, social work, pharmacy, and physical therapy, […]...Read more
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Office Hours for Complex Care: Demystifying data sharing
March 20, 2018This Office Hours session features Lynn Overmann, VP for Data-Driven Justice at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and David Schwindt, Police Officer at the Iowa City Police Department. Building on their workshop “The Value of Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the Data-Driven Justice Initiative” presented at Putting Care at the Center 2017 in Los Angeles, CA, Lynn […]...Read more
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Office Hours for Complex Care: Making the case for social work in primary care
March 8, 2018This Office Hours for Complex Care features Robyn Golden, Associate Vice President of Population Health and Aging at Rush University Medical Center. Social workers are integral members of healthcare teams, often called upon by providers for their expertise in areas that other medical providers may not be trained to navigate. However, few providers are able […]...Read more
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Moving forward by stepping back: A complex care case study from Adventist Health Hanford
February 28, 2018Loretta was in a tough spot. She had violated curfew at the inpatient rehab center where she had been court-ordered to enroll, and as a result had been kicked out of the program and sent to a homeless shelter in another town in California’s Central Valley. It looked like, despite the progress she had made […]...Read more
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Student Hotspotting Information Session
February 23, 2018Click below to view a recording of our 2018 student team webinar. ...Read more
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The Blueprint for Complex Care: A strategic plan for the field
January 23, 2018Energy is growing around complex care and the potential it has to help the individuals currently falling through the cracks of our healthcare system. But like any new field of care, there are questions around direction, priorities, and clarification of shared language. What are the core tenets of the field of complex care? What are the […]...Read more
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Bundled Payments for Care Improvement
January 22, 2018Health systems across the nation are testing innovative strategies for improving patient care while reducing costs. Mercy Health St. Mary’s took part in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative, which piloted several models that tie payments to episodes of care rather than fee-for-service. Mercy Health St. Mary’s developed a […]...Read more
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2017: Lessons from Complex Care in California
January 8, 2018Lessons from Complex Care in California was the final plenary session of November 2017’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the second annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. This panel featuring prominent California healthcare leaders and advocates reflects on the opportunities and challenges that the state currently faces. With […]...Read more
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2017: Learning from Parallel Social Movements
January 8, 2018Learning from Parallel Social Movements was the third plenary session of November 2017’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the second annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. This panel draws from the experiences of leaders from significant social movements. Panelists share their personal challenges and triumphs as they work […]...Read more
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2017: Consumer Leadership
January 8, 2018Consumer Leadership was the second plenary session of November 2017’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the second annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. This panel examines the current role of the consumer in the world of complex health and social needs and explores a future in which the […]...Read more
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2017: Coalescing a Field of Complex Care
January 8, 2018Coalescing a Field of Complex Care was the opening plenary session of November 2017’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the second annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. The panel examines what it will take to coalesce a field of complex care. Individuals with expertise in core elements of […]...Read more
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Meet Katherine Gottlieb – Southcentral Foundation
January 2, 2018Building Relationship-Based Care in Alaska An Interview with Trailblazer Katherine Gottlieb I often think about the first time I realized how important relationships are to delivering whole-person wellness. A relationship-based approach can transform healthcare. I have worked in healthcare since the early 70s, beginning as a community health representative for my local tribe of Seldovia, […]...Read more
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2017 Keynote: America Bracho
December 20, 2017The second keynote address of Putting Care at the Center 2017, the second annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Putting Care at the Center 2017 was November 15-17, 2017, in Los Angeles, CA. America Bracho, President & CEO of Latino Health Access, presented on “Putting Community at the Center,” […]...Read more
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2017 Keynote: Andy Slavitt
December 20, 2017The first keynote address of Putting Care at the Center 2017, the second annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Putting Care at the Center 2017 was November 15-17, 2017, in Los Angeles, CA. Andy Slavitt, Former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, presented on “Transforming […]...Read more
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Putting Care at the Center 2017: Workshop resources
November 30, 2017Find all available resources from Putting Care at the Center 2017 workshops here. Not seeing your resources or want to add additional resources? Email nationalcenter@camdenhealth.org. Workshop: The Value of Cross-Sector Collaboration in Addressing Complex Health and Social Needs: Lessons from Data-Driven Justice Initiative Facilitator: Lynn Overmann Organization: Laura and John Arnold Foundation Resource: Download the […]...Read more
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Putting Care at the Center 2017 Recap
November 21, 2017Last week, the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs welcomed over 600 innovators from across the country to sunny Los Angeles for the second annual Putting Care at the Center conference. Consumers, providers, administrators, researchers, policymakers, and many others joined the National Center and conference co-host Kaiser Permanente to help coalesce the movement […]...Read more
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Day Three of Putting Care at the Center 2017: Experts and Participants Highlight Community Health and Community Empowerment
November 17, 2017November 17, 2017 Keynote speaker America Bracho emphasizes the role of community outreach The third day of the Putting Care at the Center conference kicked off in downtown Los Angeles this morning with a keynote address from America Bracho, executive director of Latino Health Access, who propelled a theme of community empowerment. Latino Health Access’ […]...Read more
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Healthcare Consumers Further the Field of Complex Care, Help Find Solutions for Health Care in America
November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 Patients, providers, policymakers, and more come together to design a new field of care Putting Care at the Center 2017, the second annual conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, continued today, bringing a broad range of professionals and participants from the field of complex care to downtown […]...Read more
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“Putting Care at the Center” Conference Convenes Experts and Organizations Furthering the Field of Complex Care
November 15, 2017November 15, 2017 Movement unites healthcare and social services to more efficiently serve individuals with complex health and social needs The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs kicks off its second annual Putting Care at the Center conference with Kaiser Permanente today in Los Angeles. A broad range of clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and […]...Read more
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Designing a blueprint for complex care
November 13, 2017Putting Care at the Center 2017 will be more than just an educational and networking opportunity for attendees. With the brightest minds in healthcare innovation and transformation at the Los Angeles Westin Bonaventure November 15-17, we will be working to harness the energy of the conference into defining the field of complex care. At the […]...Read more
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Webinar: Activating Shared Data
November 8, 2017The final in a three-part series on data sharing. Cross-sector data partnerships can help organizations plan and implement services and programs by allowing providers to identify the social factors that negatively impact the health of people with complex health and social needs, and better align systems that serve overlapping populations. This webinar focused on how […]...Read more
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Webinar: Legal Considerations for Data Sharing
October 13, 2017Cross-sector data sharing partnerships can help communities address the social factors that negatively impact the health of people with complex health and social needs, and better align systems that serve overlapping populations. But legal considerations often deter potential partners from collaborating. Drawing from their work in Chicago and San Diego, speakers share their experiences in […]...Read more
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Student Hotspotting Hubs bring complex care to schools across the country
September 27, 2017At the National Center, we know that providing better care for people with complex health and social needs requires providers to radically change how they deliver care. Complex care requires providers to work in interdisciplinary teams, to visit people in their homes, and to use tools and techniques like motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and trauma-informed […]...Read more
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Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers Celebrates 15th Anniversary, Announces Hotspotting Hubs
September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 On its Birthday, the Coalition Announces Four New Student Hotspotting Hubs in California, Utah, Illinois, and Pennsylvania Camden, NJ— Healthcare providers, administrators, government officials, and community members from across Camden gathered today at the Camden County Boathouse to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, founded in 2002 […]...Read more
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Meet Jim Withers – Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety Net
August 3, 2017Meeting People Where They Are: An Interview with Trailblazer Jim Withers, MD Bringing medical care to people who are experiencing homelessness takes a radical commitment: not only to the person, but also to understanding their perspective and everyday reality. At Pittsburgh Mercy’s Operation Safety Net®, a member of Trinity Health, and part of the global […]...Read more
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Five Ways to Stop Failing Our Sickest, Most Expensive Patients
August 3, 2017Miguel is in his mid-fifties. He lives in Camden, NJ, the city once named the Silicon Valley of the East— birthplace of the radio, phonograph, and television— now perennially named one of the poorest and most violent cities in the US. Miguel was born into addiction: his mother sold drugs for a living, and he […]...Read more
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Complex Care Map
July 31, 2017The Complex Care Map is a cross-continuum, EMR-based tool created by Lauran Hardin, Senior Director of Cross-Continuum Transformation for the National Center, when she was at Trinity Health-Michigan. The Complex Care Map equips providers with a comprehensive root-cause analysis for people with complex health and social needs in order to reduce fragmentation of care. A […]...Read more
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Putting Care at the Center 2017: A multidisciplinary conference for a complex field
July 26, 2017Putting Care at the Center 2017 is less than four months away. Registration for the conference will be opening within the next two weeks. Here is a sneak peek at the workshops, plenary sessions, and keynote speakers packed into the three-day conference, co-hosted with Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, CA: Keynote speaker America Bracho, Executive […]...Read more
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National Center on Health Affairs Blog
June 28, 2017Dr. Ken Coburn is the CEO of Health Quality Partners and an AARP Scholar-in-Residence of the National Center. Read his recent research on the Health Affairs Blog about replicating effective models of complex care for older adults. Replicating effective models is necessary to growing the field and transforming our health care system, but most readily […]...Read more
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Webinar: Key Lessons: Collaborating for Data Sharing
June 13, 2017Multi-sector data sharing partnerships can help communities address the social determinants that negatively impact the health of people with complex health and social needs. To support healthcare providers as they create these partnerships, we are creating an online curriculum highlighting data sharing collaborations across the nation. This webinar features perspectives from AllianceChicago, Providence Health & Services, and […]...Read more
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“A place where you can make your voice heard:” Consumer advocacy at the National Center
May 31, 2017Dennis Heaphy is a policy analyst at the Disability Policy Consortium, and is also a health care consumer with complex health needs. Troy Johnson is a former Camden Coalition patient who now sits on the Coalition’s Community Advisory Council and is working to start a nonprofit to provide home repair services for people in the […]...Read more
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Webinar: Leveraging Health Data for Complex Health and Social Needs: Lessons learned from CRISP, Maryland’s statewide HIE
May 20, 2017Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are essential tools for coordinated, patient-centered delivery of healthcare. This webinar explores the development and current use of the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP), a HIE serving Maryland and DC, to improve care for individuals with complex health and social needs. Featuring: Josh Sharfstein, Associate Dean at John […]...Read more
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Meet Kallol Mahata – Patient Care Intervention Center
April 7, 2017Using Technology to Transform Health Care in Houston An Interview with Kallol Mahata At the heart of complex care is identification: Where and how do we find the most vulnerable patients? When our team started studying individuals in Houston who tend to overuse emergency department and inpatient visits, we realized our community was siloed in […]...Read more
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Complex care-based strategies for state health reform
February 8, 2017The National Governors Association’s (NGA) Center for Best Practices has worked closely over the past few years with the Camden Coalition to develop a Complex Care Policy Academy to provide resources for states that want to improve their health care systems for people with complex health and social needs. The second Complex Care Policy Academy […]...Read more
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2016: Envisioning the Future of Care
January 17, 2017Envisioning the Future of Care was the closing plenary session of December 2016’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the inaugural conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Panelists reflect on what they have observed and learned throughout the Conference and summarize key findings and insights that they believe will serve […]...Read more
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2016: The Playbook: Better Care For People With Complex Needs
January 16, 2017The Playbook: Better Care For People With Complex Needs was the fourth plenary session of December 2016’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the inaugural conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Five national health care foundations—The Commonwealth Fund, The John A. Hartford Foundation, Peterson Center on Healthcare, the Robert Wood […]...Read more
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2016: Building a Field to Understand Care
January 15, 2017Building a Field to Understand Care was the third plenary session of December 2016’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the inaugural conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Medicine has historically focused on improving the efficacy of cures. As our healthcare system increasingly pivots to the needs of individuals with […]...Read more
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2016: Innovative Funding as a Lever of Change
January 14, 2017Innovative Funding as a Lever of Change was the second plenary session of December 2016’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the inaugural conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. How can better funding models support innovative new care models from conception through implementation, measurement, and scaling? Panelists discuss the ecosystem of […]...Read more
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2016: The Science of Model Building for Complex Health and Social Needs
January 13, 2017The Science of Model Building for Complex Health and Social Needs was the first plenary session of December 2016’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the inaugural conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Historically, innovative care models have been created in response to deficiencies in the system. What can we […]...Read more
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2016: A Vision for the National Center
January 12, 2017Opening remarks from December 2016’s Putting Care at the Center conference, the inaugural conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, founder of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, along with National Center faculty members Lauran Hardin and Shelly Virva, lay out a vision for the new National Center. […]...Read more
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“We wanted doctors to sit and listen to us”: A consumer story from the Putting Care at the Center 2016
January 11, 2017Patient-centered care cannot be a reality without centering the stories and voices of healthcare consumers who have experienced our health system’s failures. To make sure the voices of healthcare consumers were heard, we invited eight pairs of consumers and their healthcare professional counterparts to take part in Putting Care at the Center, the inaugural conference […]...Read more
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Putting Care at the Center 2016 Recap
December 15, 2016Putting Care at the Center, the inaugural conference of the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, drew almost 500 stakeholders from across the country— including health care providers, consumers, administrators, researchers, and policymakers— to Philadelphia last week. Declaring their independence from a fragmented health care system that fails the most vulnerable, attendees participated […]...Read more
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Organizations Provide $8.7 Million to Launch a National Center to Improve Care for Individuals with Complex Health Needs
March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 National center will help communities to improve care for patients with complex needs CAMDEN, NJ—The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers today announced plans to establish a national center to improve care for high-need patients who experience poor outcomes despite extreme patterns of hospitalizations or emergency care. Inefficient and ineffective care of these […]...Read more
Events & Webinars
Office Hours for Complex Care: Open call for approaches supporting individuals with alcohol use disorder and other complex needs
Date: December 10, 2019
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm ET
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Recent News
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It takes an ecosystem: Finding success in complex care
Read the adapted opening remarks by Kathleen Noonan, CEO of the Camden Coalition for Healthcare Prov...
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New Trails Navigators and Roots Community Health Center: Putting equity into practice through workforce development
As we wrote in the Blueprint for Complex Care, effective complex care must be equitable. This means ...
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Camden Coalition partners with the Better Care Playbook to share practical solutions for serving complex populations
Complex care providers are always on the lookout for better ways to engage patients and partners. Th...
The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs is an initiative of the Camden Coalition.