Projects

The Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) supports communities to advance health, well-being, and equity. PHIL weaves collaborative networks anchored in the communities they serve and innovates tools to address community health issues. Learn more about some of our most recent projects.

PATH

Supporting county and regional collaborative planning efforts to implement Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports.

Northern ACEs Collaborative

Advancing opportunities for policy and systems change that mitigate ACEs, trauma, and domestic violence.

Aligning Systems for Health

Identifying, testing, and sharing what works to align health care, public health, and social services.

Preventing & Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
PHIL has extensive experience bringing together multisector collaboratives to find evidence-based ways of preventing and responding to ACEs. Our work through the PRACTICE: Preventing and Responding to ACE-Associated Health Conditions and Toxic Stress in Clinics through Community Engagement initiative supports the efforts of clinical teams to address toxic stress in local communities. Working with stakeholders from six northern California counties, PHIL supported the establishment of the Northern ACEs Collaborative, a multisector collaborative to identify and address opportunities for policy and systems change that mitigate issues of ACEs, trauma, and domestic violence. 

Supporting Accountable Communities of/for Health (ACH)
PHIL is a leader in the ACH movement and has provided strategic support in launching ACHs in multiple states. Through the Aligning Systems for Health project, PHIL partnered with ACHs across Washington and California to learn which aligning approaches work  when, where, for whom, and why. PHIL has supported the California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI) communities, bringing together clinical providers with public health departments, schools, social service agencies, community organizations, and others to improve health and promote health equity in targeted California communities. Throughout this work, PHIL has designed and facilitated a learning lab and curated the ACH Resource Center with unique materials, methodologies, curriculum, and other resources to support the ACH model. 

Bringing Together Multisector Collaboratives (MSCs)
PHIL brings together MSCs to collaborate and network with one another. Our work through the National Alliance for Health united partner organizations on a common agenda between health care and public health sectors to create healthier, safer, and more equitable communities, environments, and systems to improve community health. As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 6|18 Initiative, PHIL created a change package of resources needed to assist groups to organize and engage in MSCs that increase the engagement of employers, health plans, and providers in efforts to expand the coverage and delivery of key heart health strategies and other preventive services.