Community Health Center Network (CHCN) partnered with two of its standing health centers, LifeLong Medical Care and Axis Community Health, to participate in the Delta Center California Learning Laboratory. Over the last two years, this team of behavioral health leadership, providers, and program management staff have worked to assess and better understand racial, ethnic and language disparities in behavioral health screening, referral, and engagement at Axis and LifeLong; create more effective services across racial and ethnic groups; and enhance their behavioral health registry that includes a data dashboard.
The 6th Virtual Learning Event, titled “Circle of Influence Exercise: Workforce Burnout and Collective / Individual Self Care” took place between June and August, 2022. Learning Lab Team coaches led each team through a 60 minute ‘circle of influence’ discussion, culminating in a tailored slide deck with individual and team commitments towards building workforce alignment and designing just and equitable integrated systems.
Delta Center California hosted a Virtual Learning Event on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021. Participants heard a presentation from Sara Gavin, the Chief Behavioral Health Officer at CommuniCare Health Centers, on the topic of foundations of behavioral health and primary care integration.
Many hospital systems grapple with their role in combating the history of racism to promote equity. This new informational brief begins with a background on the impact of structural racism on patients, providers, and the community and a description of a workstream to combat structural racism for America’s Essential Hospitals and its members. It concludes with a description of twelve activities hospitals already perform to combat racism and three actions similar associations are undertaking.