Resource Library
The following documents offer a starting point for understanding and practicing cross-sector alignment.
Results
Publication
A Theory of Change for Aligning Health Care, Public Health, and Social Services in the Time of COVID-19
This article, published by Georgia Health Policy Center researchers in the American Journal of Public Health, highlights how the core components of cross-sector alignment along with the principles of community voice and health equity can be used to design interactions among health care, public health, and social services that better meet the goals and needs of the people and communities they serve in a way that is built to last.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Alignment 101
COVID-19
Case Study
Aligning in Action: HealthierHere, the King County Accountable Community of Health
This case study explores HealthierHere’s best practices for effectively aligning systems to meaningfully impact health inequities in King County, Washington.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs
Webinar
Addressing Systems for Health: Health Care, Public Health and Social Services
This webinar reviews Aligning Systems for Health's mission to align sectors for health and discuss collaborative efforts between their Center and the Systems for Action program office.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Alignment 101
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Case Study
Aligning Up Close: A Community’s Response to a Pandemic
This case study highlights how Elevate Health, an Accountable Communities of Health organization in Pierce County, Washington, partnered with clinical services, social services, and public health to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data
Financing
Shared Purpose
Complex Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Webinar
Aligning Clinical and Public Health Systems for Population Health: Networks, Governance, and Incentives
This presentation offers insight on strategies that align delivery and financing systems for medical care, public health, and social services in ways that create better population health outcomes.
Data
Financing
Governance
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Case Study
Aligning in Action: Michigan Health Improvement Alliance
This case study explores Michigan Health Improvement Alliance’s best practices for effectively aligning systems to meaningfully impact health inequities in a 14-county region of central Michigan.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Health Care
Publication
Aligning Systems for Health: Two Years of Learning
This book advances the understanding of how people and organizations across health care, public health, and social services sectors can work together in new and sustainable ways to advance health and well-being.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Webinar
Aligning Systems for Health Research and Practice Convening 2021
This two-day webinar series reviews Aligning Systems for Health's learnings on cross-sector alignment over the past three years and what their findings mean for the future of the field.
Data
Financing
Governance
Shared Purpose
Alignment 101
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs