Be There San Diego

What Be There San Diego does

Be There San Diego is a nonprofit healthcare coalition established in 2010 and operated as an initiative of the San Diego Wellness Collaborative. Its mission is to eliminate heart attacks and strokes in San Diego County by coordinating clinical and community programs across healthcare teams, health systems, payers, county government, federally qualified health centers, medical societies, and faith-based organizations. The coalition engages physician leaders from UC San Diego, Scripps Coastal Medical Group, Sharp Rees Stealy, Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente, Neighborhood Healthcare, the County of San Diego, and the San Diego County Medical Society to develop and disseminate evidence-based clinical recommendations and best practices, supported by the Data for Quality Group, which shares aggregate quality data from over 200,000 patients with hypertension across participating systems.

Its core offering is a portfolio of 14 published clinical guidelines covering hypertension, diabetes, prediabetes, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, team-based care, community health worker integration, pharmacy integration, dietary intake, physical activity, and food insecurity screening, alongside recurring engagement vehicles including monthly University of Best Practices forums and an annual Clinical Summit. The Southeastern San Diego Cardiac Disparities Project extends the model into African American communities through faith-organization partnerships. The coalition has reported a 22% decrease in cardiovascular hospitalization rates in San Diego County versus 8% statewide, an estimated 3,826 avoided acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations, and approximately $86 million in healthcare savings.

Be There San Diego generates no commercial product revenue; it is funded through coalition contributions, grants, and organizational support channeled via the San Diego Wellness Collaborative. Pricing is not applicable. The coalition operates exclusively in San Diego County, California, with a small staff (11–50 employees) led by CEO Kitty Bailey and COO Christy Rosenberg, and is governed by an Executive Committee chaired by Dr. Anthony DeMaria of UC San Diego.

Name

Be There San Diego

Legal name

Be There San Diego

Website

https://betheresandiego.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Be There San Diego is a nonprofit clinical learning collaborative, founded in 2010, that coordinates healthcare systems, payers, county government, and community organizations in San Diego County to develop clinical guidelines, share patient-level quality data, and run community programs aimed at preventing heart attacks and strokes.

Ownership category

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Product category

Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Coalition

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), General Cardiology (Consultative) (HLAKABAA), Health Promotion & Public Health Education (Community Workshops) (EDAAAFAG)

Keywords

• Cardiovascular disease prevention
• Clinical learning collaborative
• Healthcare coalition programs
• Hypertension management guidelines
• Community health partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Coalition Funding: Be There San Diego operates as an initiative of the San Diego Wellness Collaborative, a nonprofit organization. Revenue appears to come from coalition membership, grants, and organizational funding rather than commercial product sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Be There San Diego coordinates a regional clinical learning collaborative that develops and disseminates clinical recommendations and best practices for cardiovascular disease prevention across San Diego County. It convenes healthcare systems, physician leaders, community organizations, and patients to share clinical guidelines, aggregate quality data from over 200,000 hypertension patients, and operate community programs addressing cardiovascular disparities.

Product overview

Be There San Diego is a coalition offering a unified portfolio of clinical recommendations, data-sharing programs, and community engagement initiatives aimed at eliminating heart attacks and strokes. The core offerings consist of 14 clinical guideline documents covering hypertension management, diabetes/prediabetes care, cardiovascular disease prevention, atrial fibrillation, and food insecurity screening. These guidelines are supported by the Data for Quality Group (aggregating data from 200,000+ hypertension patients) and monthly University of Best Practices forums plus an annual clinical summit. The Southeastern San Diego Cardiac Disparities Project represents the community-facing component, partnering with faith organizations in African American communities. Together, these products form a comprehensive clinical learning collaborative model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Health System Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Chronic Conditions
• Data for Quality Group
• University of Best Practices Forums
• Annual Clinical Summit
• Southeastern San Diego Cardiac Disparities Project

Quantifiable outcome

• 22% decrease in hospitalization rates vs 8% in rest of California
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• UC San DiegocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010University of California San Diego is a key healthcare system partner. Dr. Anthony DeMaria (Chair of Executive Committee) and Dr. Dustin Lillie are affiliated with UC San Diego. The university contributes physician leadership and clinical expertise to the coalition.
• San Diego Wellness CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSan Diego Wellness Collaborative is the parent nonprofit organization that serves as the backbone organization for Be There San Diego. It has the mission of building community-clinical linkages and collaboration for optimal health outcomes and health equity. Be There San Diego is one of three primary initiatives alongside Neighborhood Networks and San Diego Accountable Community for Health.
• San Diego Accountable Community for Health (SDACH)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSDACH is a multi-sector initiative working to create community health, wellness, and equity. It builds new relationships between clinical and community partners to improve factors that protect individuals from cardiovascular disease.
• Neighborhood NetworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeighborhood Networks is a social enterprise that addresses the health-related social needs of community members using a coordinated approach that links health plans with community-based organizations and trusted community health workers.
• Scripps Coastal Medical GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScripps Coastal Medical Group is a healthcare system partner contributing to the coalition's clinical recommendations and implementation. Dr. Anthony Chong serves as representative on the Executive Committee.
• Sharp Rees StealycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSharp Rees Stealy is a healthcare system partner in the coalition. Dr. John Clark serves as representative on the Executive Committee.
• Blue Shield of CaliforniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlue Shield of California is a health plan partner contributing to coalition efforts. Dr. Scott Finn serves as representative on the Executive Committee.
• Kaiser PermanentecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaiser Permanente is a healthcare system partner in the coalition. Dr. Todd Martin serves as representative on the Executive Committee.
• County of San DiegocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty of San Diego health department is a government partner in the coalition. Dr. Fadra Whyte serves as representative on the Executive Committee.
• Neighborhood HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeighborhood Healthcare is a Federally Qualified Health Center partner. Dr. James Schultz serves as representative on the Executive Committee.
• San Diego County Medical SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSan Diego County Medical Society is a medical society partner. Dr. Nicholas Yphantides serves as representative on the Executive Committee.
• Faith Organizations (Southeastern San Diego)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSoutheastern San Diego Cardiac Disparities Project worked with faith organizations to provide holistic heart health programs in San Diego's African American communities by confronting racism and building trust. These partnerships enabled community engagement in areas with highest cardiovascular disparities.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• American Heart Association: National nonprofit with overlapping cardiovascular prevention mission, including guidelines (AHA/ACC), community health programs, and provider education. Operates at vastly larger scale and offers the closest analog to BTSD's clinical learning collaborative model.
• American College of Cardiology (ACC): Professional society that publishes cardiovascular clinical guidelines (alongside AHA), runs quality improvement programs like the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, and convenes physician leadership — overlapping heavily with BTSD's clinical recommendation and coalition work.

Direct peers

• Million Hearts: CDC-led national initiative co-sponsored by CMS with explicit mission to prevent heart attacks and strokes. BTSD is effectively a regional embodiment of the Million Hearts playbook, targeting the same cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, cholesterol, smoking).
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement: National organization that operates clinical learning collaboratives, runs large-scale quality improvement initiatives, and convenes healthcare systems around evidence-based protocols — the same coalition-based architecture BTSD uses for cardiovascular prevention.
• Right Care Initiative: UC Berkeley/Wholedirector-led regional learning collaborative pursuing cardiovascular prevention across California health systems using a coalition and data-sharing model nearly identical to Be There San Diego.

Others

• California Health Care Foundation: Major California-focused funder that supports regional cardiovascular and chronic disease initiatives; relevant as a likely funding peer and as an organization sponsoring comparable clinical-community linkage programs statewide.
• Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research: Kaiser Permanente (a BTSD partner) runs large-scale cardiovascular outcomes research and population health programs internally; comparable in terms of cardiovascular quality measurement and intervention design.
• CDC Foundation: Convenes public-private partnerships to advance CDC priorities including cardiovascular health; operates as a comparable coalition-convening model for population-level disease prevention initiatives.

Emerging players

• Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO): National nonprofit convening employers, health systems, and communities around population health and chronic disease prevention, sharing BTSD's coalition-and-data approach but at a national employer-focused scale.
• National Association of Community Health Workers: National body supporting community health worker integration — directly relevant to BTSD's "Integrating Community Health Workers on the Care Team" clinical recommendation and its Southeastern San Diego disparities project.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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