From The Field
Communities Can Set the Course for Lasting Change
Communities have the resources to address the problems they face; they just need to approach those problems in a different way.
Tag: Health Care
Big Picture
Time to Return to the Whole
Only by finding a new narrative that embraces the whole, rather than the parts, can we build the health-creating systems we need.
Foundations
What Gets Measured Gets Done
A case for using targeted measures of progress in philanthropy.
Health
Operating When You Can’t See the Full Picture
Three principles for solving complex, systemic problems like improving community health.
Health
Undercover Solutions
Solutions to social problems are often hidden in the most obvious places, masquerading as problems.
Health
Health Services and Designing for Uncertainty
How a “lean startup” approach can help create an effective community-based program.
Health
Connecting Big-Picture Theories with Community Experience
Blending practices and theory to improve health outcomes outside the clinical setting.
Health
Communities Creating Health: An Introduction
It’s time we looked beyond health care for insights on how to build community-based, health-creating systems.
Impact Investing
Impact Investing in Global Health: Let’s Get Flexible
Investors should think creatively about how to meet the real needs of entrepreneurs who are creating market-based solutions to health problems in emerging economies.