Bringing Excellence to Scale: A Conversation with CMS Administrator Donald Berwick
Participants joined this webinar to talk with CMS Administrator Donald Berwick about how health philanthropy can support three initiatives of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—Partnership for Patients, Million Hearts, and Innovation Advisors—that aim to jump start the transformation of the health care delivery system.
Strengthening and Transforming Primary Care through a Team-Based Approach
This webinar examined the team-based approach and addressed such questions as: What problems in primary care is this approach attempting to solve? What data supports this approach? How is this model implemented? Why should foundations support this work and what is their role?
Promoting the National Prevention Strategy
On this funder-led conference call, participants learned about the NPS and had an active discussion about what funders can do to support the regional meetings, as well as the activities inspired by their convening.
Strengthening Advocacy Capacity in Communities of Color through Coalitions
On this webinar, participants heard from experts on how to strengthen advocacy capacity in communities of color by developing coalitions.
Health Literacy: Improving Health Information and Services in Vulnerable Communities
This webinar discussed how federal efforts through the National Action Plan are shaping health literacy work on the local, state and national level.
Children and Integrative Medicine
On this webinar, Dr. Kathi J. Kemper, chair of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, discussed the intersection of children and integrative medicine treatments.
Update on Enroll America
This webinar discussed how foundations can relate to, and benefit from, Enroll America’s efforts.
Update on Know Your Care
Participants joined this webinar to hear about Know Your Care’s progress and their plans through the rest of 2011 and beyond.
Measuring the Impact of Grants and Initiatives: Examples in Oral Health
On this call, Clare Nolan, vice president of Harder+Company Community Research, shared methods for measuring the impact of grants and initiatives that aim to increase access to care and build health system capacity.
The Impact of Health Reform on Behavioral Health Redesign
This call brought clarity to a foundation’s role in advancing behavioral health policy.
Achieving Mission Through Impact Investing
On this audioconference, participants heard Lisa Richter of GPS Capital Partners, as well as Philip Belcher and Margaret Laws, who have used impact investing strategies as tools to help achieve their foundations’ missions.
Grantmaking in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
On this webinar, we discussed the purpose and activities of the CAM Funders Network and review recent surveys related to in integrative medicine.
Constructing Grantmaking Strategies in Challenging Times
On this audioconference, participants talked to their colleagues about ideas and efforts to construct short- and long-term grantmaking strategies in challenging times. The discussion was led by Kim VanPelt of St. Luke’s Health Initiatives, a Phoenix-based public foundation focused on Arizona health policy and strength-based community development.
Exploring the Relationship Between Community Organizing and Health Advocacy
Who: Jim Keddy, The California Endowment Scott Reed, PICO National Network What: Community organizing and advocacy are often described as intrinsically related yet fundamentally distinct strategies to bring about societal change. While health funders are increasingly active in advocating for public policies that advance community health, investments in community organizing have been less widely pursued….
Using Data to Improve Community Health
This webinar explored the Network of Care for Healthy Communities, an innovative, interactive, Web-based tool that uses local data to help residents, advocates, researchers, and policymakers understand how their community is doing on key health indicators, and connects them to an inventory of local resources, evidence-based practices from across the country, and pending state and federal legislation.
Preventing Bullying: It Is Time to Take a Stand
On this webinar, participants learned more about bullying, including the effects and ramifications it has on the lives of the people it touches.
Upcoming Events on Health Equity and Social Justice
2025 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
Every year, GIH brings together the bright minds, seasoned experts, and innovative practitioners working in health philanthropy to discuss the important issues facing the field.
2025 Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership Meeting
Grantmakers In Health (GIH), the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the National Rural Health Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Rural Health will co-host the 2025 Rural Health Philanthropy Partnership Meeting, welcoming foundations, federal entities, and other partners to discuss how our combined efforts might produce better health outcomes…
CEO Working Group Webinar
Grantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration.