Established in 2005, the California Improvement Network (CIN) is a learning and action community that advances equitable health care experiences and outcomes for Californians through cross-sector connections, spreading good ideas, and implementing improvements.
Advancing health equity requires coordination of health and social services in every community. CIN supports this goal in California by bringing together health care organizations (HCOs), such as providers, payers, and supporters, with social service and community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide nutrition, housing, legal, and other aid.
NEW! CIN is now recruiting 18 HCOs and 7 CBOs for the upcoming two-year cycle (March 2025 – March 2027). CIN partner organizations are California-based groups committed to achieving equitable health care experiences and outcomes in California. Please see complete details on eligibility requirements, commitment expectations, and financial support for partner organizations and consider applying by January 13, 2025.
CIN is a project of the California Health Care Foundation and managed by Healthforce Center at UCSF.
What is a learning and action network?
CIN accelerates the spread of health improvement innovations through:
- Connection: Meetings and other opportunities to build and strengthen connections among partners and members to increase improvement capacity.
- Learning: Speakers, workshops, and other resources that advance knowledge and skills for leaders.
- Action: Partners and members implement improvements in their organizations.
Learn how CIN functions and who is in the network.
Three priority areas to spread of innovation
CIN develops three critical priority areas for each two-year cycle through a collaborative process that incorporates the strategic priorities of partners and the broader network. For the 2023-2024 cycle, these priority areas are:
- Strengthening foundations
- Advancing health equity
- Evolving roles and care models
Identifying priority areas reflects CIN’s commitment to provide timely and useful knowledge that enables leaders to learn and incorporate leading-edge practices and concepts into improvement efforts. CIN provides technical assistance, programming, resources, and activities to support advancements in these priority areas.
See the Resources and Tools for these and earlier CIN priority areas and topics.
Join CIN
The California Improvement Network is open to all and free of cost thanks to the support of the California Health Care Foundation. Subscribe now to hear about the latest health improvement events, resources, and tools through our monthly newsletter.
Latest resources from CIN
CIN captures learnings and tools from periodic network meetings. Here are recent publications, which reflect the wide range of topics addressed:
- Making Flu Vaccinations Easy: SCAN Health Plan’s Tactics to Reduce Racial Disparities
- How Community Voices Can Strengthen Health Workforce Strategies
- Understanding Indigenous Communities to Support Their Health Needs
- Strategies for Recruiting and Nurturing a Thriving Health Workforce
- Equitable Co-design in Health Care: How to Incorporate Community Voices to Impact Systems
See the CIN website for more information.