Delta Center California was a three-year initiative funded by the California Health Care Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that brought together behavioral health and primary care leaders to accelerate care improvement and integration through policy and practice change. This piece captures some of the key context and shares learnings from the implementation of this state-wide behavioral health and primary care collaborative over the past three years.
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.
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.