As part of Prevention Research Center Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) Research Seminar Series, Better Health's President & CEO, Rita Horwitz, presented on The Better Health Pathways HUB. Her presentation highlights the HUB model's high-touch interventions provided by Community Health Workers employed by a network of care coordination agencies and touches on the HUB's value to Cuyahoga County's at-risk residents and how strategic partnerships with health systems and community organizations can optimize outcomes for targeted populations with challenging health and social needs.

Better Health Partnership has been awarded $115,000 by UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, to standardize screenings and referrals to improve outcomes for vulnerable children experiencing challenging mental/behavioral health and social needs through a collaboration with pediatric health systems and Federally Qualified Health Centers. This effort, spearheaded by the Better Health Children's Leadership Team and mental/behavioral health subject matter experts, begins with a pilot phase with The Centers for Families and Children/Circle Health, intended to identify best practices that can be further disseminated across Better Health's expansive member network of pediatric providers.

To view the segment and learn more about this partnership, click here.

The Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition is an inclusive public-private partnership founded in 2019 to address lead poisoning through a comprehensive, preventive, and long-term approach. Upon request for assistance from Cuyahoga County's Invest in Children, and new grant funding from the Bruening Foundation, Better Health Partnership now joins the coalition's efforts to help mobilize clinical practices to improve lead screening rates. Partnering with Better Health in the pilot phase are The MetroHealth System and UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. Better Health will leverage its' active data-sharing system, analytics, and quality improvement strategies to address these issues. Care Coordination agencies of the Better Health Pathways HUB will navigate and remove social barriers for families to help ensure their children - especially those at highest risk, get tested. We are eager to contribute to the great work already underway with the Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition and others, bringing new interventions from clinical and social service providers who are deeply committed to improving the health and safety of our children living in Northeast Ohio.