REAL WORLD LESSONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH-PRIMARY CARE COLLABORATIONS: THE PRACTICAL PLAYBOOK AND THE NATIONAL BUILD HEALTH CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM

Introduction and Objective: The U.S. Affordable Care Act emphasizes value-based health care for populations, which cannot be achieved without public health and primary care collaborating to address determinants of health. Objectives: 1. Describe the forces that are coming together for population health improvement and the opportunities enabling these partnerships and collaborations to succeed. 2. Discuss use of innovative tools, such as the Practical Playbook (PPB). 3. Provide examples of partnerships and lessons from public health and health system collaborations from 18 sites across the U.S. (The National BUILD Health Challenge Grant Program) Methods: • The PPB website, an online resource for technical assistance and capacity-building in public health and primary care partnership efforts, was developed and has over 160,000 hits and 24,000 users. • Free online materials led to demand for a print version, and in October of 2015, “The Practical Playbook: Public Health and Primary Care Together” book was released. • In Spring of 2016, PPB will host its National Meeting, the first annual milestone event towards advancing robust collaborations that improve population health. • The National BUILD Health Challenge Grant Program was implemented in June of 2015. • PPB’s approach to primary care and public health integration has been met with enthusiasm in Latin America, and over 25 other countries that were part of the Open Medical Institute in Salzburg, Austria. There is worldwide interest in this work. Results and Conclusions: • Collaboration between public health, primary care, and health systems is a core strategy to improve community health outcomes.