title: Communities of solution: partnerships for population health.
abstract: Communities of solution (COSs) are the key principle for improving population health. The 1967 Folsom Report explains that the COS concept arose from the recognition that complex political and administrative structures often hinder problem solving by creating barriers to communication and compromise. A 2012 reexamination of the Folsom Report resurrects the idea of the COS and presents 13 grand challenges that define the critical links among community, public health, and primary care and call for ongoing demonstrations of COSs grounded in patient-centered care. In this issue, examples of COSs from around the country demonstrate core principles and propose visions of the future. Essential themes of each COS are the crossing of "jurisdictional boundaries," community-led or -oriented initiatives, measurement of outcomes, and creating durable connections with public health.
authors: Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Primary Care Research Institute, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. griswol@buffalo.edu
authors: Kim S
authors: KS
authors: Griswold
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Lesko
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Westfall
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D017008:Negotiating; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D011057:Politics; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D011340:Problem Solving; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States
keywords: Connecting Communities: Public and Personal Health