Health Systems Strategies to Ensure a Focus on Children with Health Complexity
This brief applies health complexity, a concept that considers both a child’s medical and social complexity, to address health disparities. It includes recommendations on how state agencies and health systems can develop and use health complexity data to ensure the most vulnerable children are at the center of health system redesign. Authors provide four options for systems-change and examples of success and implementation from the field.
See related webinar: Presenters describe how health systems can identify children with health complexity and provide actionable strategies and models to use this information to improve services and supports for families.

Related Publications
Oregon’s Approach to Leveraging System-level Data to Guide a Social Determinants of Health-informed Approach to Children’s Healthcare
Maximizing System-Level Data to Address Health and Social Complexity in Children: Spotlight on Oregon
Health Systems Strategies that Prioritize Children with Health Complexity