Meeting Notes

Local Health Improvement Network (LHIN) and Third-Party Administrator Report-Out Written by: Brissa Perez, Community and Tribal Engagement Specialist GCACH recognizes that health and healthcare is local and that a collaborative community approach is necessary to achieve Washington’s aims of better health, better care, and lower costs. No single sector or organization in a community can create transformative, lasting change in health and health care alone. Clinical, community and government...

Local Health Improvement Networks (LHIN) A Local Health Improvement Network (LHIN) is a formalized group of individuals who coordinate and collaborate on activities and programs to address the health issues and disparities in their respective communities. Representing nine counties and a tribal nation, Greater Columbia Accountable Community of Health (GCACH) works with seven LHINs to identify the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) specific to their area. Once the most critical SDOH are...