The St. Louis Integrated Health Network (IHN) is a healthcare intermediary building capacity across sectors to advance health equity and improve wellbeing by increasing access to health and social services, with an emphasis on communities that have been historically excluded.
Access to quality healthcare is essential to the physical and spiritual growth and wellbeing of all communities. Through collaboration and partnership, we strive for quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare services for all residents of Metropolitan St. Louis.
“True engagement creates partnership from the very beginning- from the design, implementation, evaluation, community dissemination and finds synergy between what was needed in our communities and teams skill-set and ability to affect change. We have a collective social responsibility.”
— Kelly McKay-Gist, IHN Vice President of Health Equity, Culture, and Innovation
Our Story
The IHN began in 2003 as a group of safety net providers working together to improve access to care, enhance the quality of care, achieve cost efficiencies, and optimize patient outcomes.
Since then, we’ve evolved into a healthcare intermediary working with our partners to improve the quality, accessibility, and affordability of healthcare for St. Louis’s medically vulnerable citizens. See the mission and values that guide our work and learn more about our history.
Pillars of Purpose
Our work is centered around four strategic pillars that drive health equity and community wellbeing in St. Louis. Learn more about each pillar and how they work together to drive our mission forward.
Our Impact
With more than 20 years of history, we’re proud to share the data and stories from our community that demonstrate the progress we’ve made with our partners toward health equity.
Community Partners
Representing more than 90% of the region’s safety net providers, our partners include community health centers, hospital systems, public health departments, academic medical institutions, and community-based, grassroots organizations.