This episode tackles a challenge many health centers face: how to truly integrate nutrition into whole‑person care. We’re joined by partners from Santa Rosa Community Health and the Center for Well‑Being, who are working together to embed nutrition services into clinical care in practical, sustainable ways that work for both patients and care teams. The […]
In this episode, we explore the role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) within Federally Qualified Health Centers and how Marin Community Clinics partnered with Aliados Health to design and launch their CHW pilot in response to the Medi-Cal CHW Benefit limitations on FQHCs. This podcast episode was made possible by funding from UCLA/UCFS ACEs Aware […]
In this episode, we discuss a major step forward in cervical cancer screening—HPV self-swab testing—and how Santa Rosa Community Health is using it to expand access and equity for patients who have struggled with traditional Pap smears.
In this episode, we sit down with Marin Community Clinic’s (MCC)quality improvement team and discuss their success in increasing breast and colorectal cancer screening rates. Join us to learn more about MCC’s strategic interventions to achieve top performance in breast and colorectal cancer screenings
In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Josette Rivera, a distinguished professor of Medicine and a clinician educator at the renowned UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Kathryn Stambaugh, MPH,MBA, Geriatric Services Director from LifeLong Medical Care also joins us to share their journey on becoming an IHI Level 1 recognized Age Friendly Health System. Join […]
This episode features a prenatal immunization discussion with an expert panel from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). It explores the impactful prenatal immunization multi-year project made possible by funding from CDPH and in partnership with Aliados Health and its member health centers. Hear about efforts to boost prenatal immunization rates and lead the […]
Street medicine takes health services on the road, creating access outside of clinic walls to serve populations experiencing homelessness and other barriers to care. In this episode, we are introduced to LifeLong Medical Care’s Street Dentistry program and the Botanical Bus’s Mobile Herb Clinic, providing dental and homeopathic services to unhoused and migrant communities.
Aliados Health Sr. Program Managers Keira Dagy & Jennifer Inden talk with Health Centers about Patient Telehealth survey results, what the data tells them, and what should be taken into consideration in molding best practices when it comes to implementing a sustainable Virtual Care program.
First 5 Contra Costa is leading the local effort to implement Help Me Grow, a system of coordination used nationally to connect children to the early screening and community services they need to thrive. The HMG model has been implemented throughout the U.S. and in half of California’s counties. First 5 Contra Costa, the Contra Costa […]
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion reforms are critical and challenging. CommuniCare Health Centers strives to be humble and learn from their staff and the communities they serve, as well as commit to their own development in unlearning patriarchal, heterosexist, white-supremist systems, while learning anti-racism best practices in trauma informed care. This episode features CommuniCare’s Dr. Suzanne […]
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