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Measuring Health in Minnesota

ICSI sees an opportunity for communities to establish their own Triple Aim goals and become Accountable Health Communities capable of balancing their investments in both health care and the social determinants of health. Identifying global health measurements of value to patients and communities is seen as critical to creating such sustainable local health systems.

Measuring Health in Minnesota: Importance, Challenges and Future Directions

Population Health in State
Innovation Models

ICSI CEO Sanne Magnan, M.D., Ph.D. is co-author of an Institute of Medicine discussion paper that describes an emerging opportunity for reorienting the way we pay for health in the United States.

Opportunity Knocks: Population Health in State Innovation Models

Bush Foundation Grant

In 2013, the Bush Foundation awarded ICSI a grant to initiate an effort aimed at Co-creating a Sustainable Healthy Tomorrow. This funding provided the framework to foster conversations and actions to transform how clinicians, citizens, patients and other community stakeholders partner to improve health and lower health care costs in communities.

Final Report
Interview Summary
Advisory Committee Summary
Planting the Seeds of an Accountable Health Community: An interview with Larry Schultz, CEO, Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls, MN

Reinertsen Lectures

Previous Reinertsen Lectures in 2012 and 2013 helped to set the stage for much of ICSI's work in accountable health. These videos offer a quick look at the groundbreaking discussions.

2013 Lecture and Panel Discussion
Guest lecturer Jim Reinertsen with panelists Rahul Koranne, Val Jensen, and Stella Whitney-West

2012 Lecture and Workshop
Guest lecturers David Kindig and Bobby Milstein

Minnesota Medicine: Beyond the Clinic

In an article in its Short Takes section, the February 2015 issue of Minnesota Medicine explores ICSI's efforts to help clinicians more effectively care for their patients by looking beyond the walls of their clinics. The publication spoke with Tim Hernandez, MD, medical director for quality at Entira Family Clinics, as well as Sanne Magnan, MD, PhD, ICSI President and CEO. Read the article.