Our Mission To promote enhanced health for the greater Long Beach community by enabling a secure, consumer-centric, and information-rich health information exchange. Our Objectives • Improvement of Health Care Quality • Advancement of Public Health Surveillance and Reporting • Enhancement of Chronic Disease Management Our Goals • Improved access to quality healthcare for all • Improved delivery systems to allow more services for less money • More patient health information at the point of care to improve quality of care • Collaboration among healthcare providers to enhance public health security Our History Long Beach Network for Health is a coalition of healthcare providers and stakeholders committed to improving the quality of care available in Long Beach through the development of an information rich and fully interoperable healthcare system. In October 2003, the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services founded the Long Beach Network for Health (LBNH) as a public/private community coalition. In September, 2007, LBNH incorporated as a California non-profit corporation and is pursuing its 501c3 non-profit designation. LBNH Fact Sheet Last Updated: November 30, 2006