Collaboration.

Innovation.

Impact.

Partners believes that today's healthcare and social services need to change and improve in fundamental ways so that they work better for all of us.

Towards this goal, Partners brings about positive change in the delivery of healthcare and social services through:

  • Collaboration with community-based organizations and public and private funders to create these fundamental changes.
  • Innovation in Partners' programs and projects that demonstrate and prove the effectiveness of these new strategies.
  • High-Impact Results Partners' work has produced replicable models of care that others across the country have adopted.

    National & Regional Innovations

    June Simmons, president and CEO of Partners in Care, invited to join the national Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) team for its innovative Triple Aim Initiative. 

    Partners in Care Foundation presents "Sustaining Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs" at Aging in America 2008 Conference Sponsored by the National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging

    Partners in Care CEO appointed to serve on The Practice Change Fellows Program Advisory Board along with other healthcare leaders. 

    News....

    George C. Halvorson, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, receives the Partners in Care 2008 Mathies Award for Vision & Excellence in Healthcare Leadership. 

    Partners in Care Foundation Receives Grant Award from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles in Support of “Healthier Living” Program for Older Adults

    National Council on Aging Honors Partners in Care Foundation for Exceptional Service

    Tammie McMann Brailsford, Executive Vice President, COO, Memorial Health Services Joins Partners in Care Foundation Board of Directors

    United Way Award to Partners in Care Foundation Provides Continued Assistance to Uninsured and Underinsured in Los Angeles County Communities for 2007-2008 Project Year

    Partners' Healthy Moves releases Replication Report for Statewide and National Program Dissemination

    Partners in Care Institute for Change Presents Findings to California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG): First Rigorous Study on Effectiveness of In-Home, Community Based Palliative Care

    Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell Addresses 2008 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging/National Council on Aging in Washington, D.C. with June Simmons, CEO Partners in Care, and Co-Presenter of "Aging Services Network and the Future of Long-Term Care"

    Medication Related Problems and Errors Endanger Lives and Well Being of Community Dwelling Elders: Learn More About the Evidence-Based Medication Management Improvement System

    National Social Innovator Purpose Prize Honors CEO for Leadership in Healthcare Solutions

    The Institute for Change/Research Center

    Research to real world, evidence-based practice change.

    Our expertise in project research, program and services development, evaluation and dissemination are helping make essential advances in the delivery and transformation of healthcare and social services. 

    Our award-winning projects have led to nationally recognized and replicated models of care.

    Pilot Projects:  Conceive new ideas and conduct exploratory studies.

    Needs Assessment and Consultation: Guidance,  planning and project development.

    Research and Evaluation Projects: Randomized control trials, comparison design and program. evaluation

    Dissemination and Replication:  Moving research to practice.

    Read more:  From Research to Real World Practice  Partners in Care Institute for Change

    Join Us! 
    Partners welcomes leaders and innovators to join with us in exploring the possibilities of "changing the shape of healthcare" and social services so they work for all.

    To discuss a collaborative project or idea contact:
    W. June Simmons, President/CEO, 818.837.3755 ext. 102 or email  or 
    Dr. Susan M. Enguidanos, IFC/Research Center Director (562) 622.4099 or email 

    Partners serves as a catalyst to shape a new vision of care by partnering with organizations, funders and community leaders.

    Learn how Partners'
    innovations are:

    Changing Healthcare Systems
    Changing Communities
    Changing Lives