Focus Area: Community Health Capacity

Improving Quality Improvement

Overview A Quality Improvement Collaborative is a short-term learning program that brings together teams from multiple sites for improvements in specific area. The goal is to raise the bar on…

WNY Health Care Safety-Net Initiative

Overview Our Safety-Net Initiative was designed to enhance the safety-net of providers in our region dedicated to delivering comprehensive primary health care, including oral health and mental health services, to…

Leadership and Large Scale Change

Authored by Deborah Meehan, Leadership Learning Community, Claire Reinelt, Ph.D., and Sally Leiderman, Center for Assessment and Policy Development, this report uses information from a series of interviews, research and…

Ready or Not

Overview Our health care system is undergoing profound changes. Nationally, the Affordable Care Act has gone into effect and New York State is redesigning its Medicaid program. All this affects…

GetSET

Overview These are extraordinary times for nonprofit health and human services organizations. While demands for services are increasing, funding from government programs and philanthropic donors is less available. Meanwhile, New…

Fellows Action Network

Overview What do health care professionals do after graduating from our Health Leadership Fellows program? Many carry on the projects they started as fellows, or start new projects with other…

Sustaining Improved Outcomes: A Toolkit

As quality improvement continues to be a major focus in the areas of public health, health care, social service, education and related fields, there is growing interest in developing strategies…

Health Leadership Fellows

Overview When the leaders at local nonprofits collaborate and share a sense of purpose, they can work together to solve the region’s toughest health issues. Most nonprofit leaders would agree:...