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In March, PHMI stakeholders, including representatives from our cohort of 32 CHCs, Regional Associations of California, DHCS, CPCA, and Practice Transformation Partners came together for an immersive Statewide Learning Session aimed at supporting CHCs develop a robust set of practical ideas and next steps towards achieving improved population health outcomes.

We know that nutrition is critical to health and well-being. And when people are hungry or cannot access nutritious food, they’re less likely to get or stay healthy. Many of these people are served by our PHMI cohort of CHCs.

Beautiful, rural Mendocino County is home to a diverse population of families, service industry workers, loggers, fishermen, and a growing Hispanic community. The area also faces significant challenges with substance abuse, high rates of fentanyl-related deaths, and homelessness.

In February, PHMI’s Practice Transformation Coach and Program Office lead Eugenia Black, MPH, MSN, along with Dr. Elise Pomerance, PHMI Clinical Consultant, and Dr. Danielle Oryn, Chief Medical Officer, Aliados Health led a session at the annual California Primary Care Conference (CPCA) Quality & Technology Conference in San ...

With PHMI’s goal to improve quality of care and equitable health outcomes of people served by CHCs, and with the principles of the Initiative centered on advancing CHCs’ capabilities in population health management, empanelment continues to be an important topic of focus.

PHMI had the privilege ...

Petaluma Health Center is a large community health center serving over 40,000 patients across two counties in California. It operates five main sites, including two rural West Marin locations and a shelter-based clinic alongside multiple mobile sites, with plans to open a large acute ...

As we move forward into 2025, we’ve been looking back upon 2024 and want to express how much gratitude we have for you, your commitment, and your participation in PHMI. You are all critical to the success of this initiative.

Release 1 Implementation Activities

The PHMI Platform is an opt-in technology solution that enables CHCs to improve care quality and equitable health outcomes, and is meant to work in concert with other Health Information Technology solutions (e.g., EHR, Cozeva, etc.).

It was a busy summer, with two PHMI Regional Learning Sessions held in Santa Rosa and Burbank, respectively. Learning sessions are designed to build a stronger sense of community amongst peers working on PHMI regionally and discuss promising practices and emerging challenges within their population health management journeys.

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