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BData's Commitment to Social Goods

At BData, we believe that improving healthcare outcomes requires more than better hospital data — it requires stronger connections between clinical care and the communities where people live.

Community Building Together (CBT)

For more than twenty years, BData founder Bart Phillips has worked at the intersection of data science, healthcare innovation, and community development. Alongside building BData’s clinical analytics platform, Bart founded Community Building Together (CBT), an organization dedicated to strengthening communities and addressing the social conditions that shape long-term health outcomes.

Today, that commitment continues through Bart’s leadership as Board Chair of the Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance (MNCHWA), a nationally respected organization advancing the Community Health Worker profession. Through these partnerships, BData is exploring new ways to connect advanced clinical data with community-based care — ensuring that innovation in healthcare reaches beyond the hospital and into the neighborhoods where health truly begins.

What is a Community Health Worker?

A Community Health Worker (CHW) is a trusted member of the community who helps bridge the gap between healthcare systems and the people they serve.

CHWs support individuals and families by helping them navigate healthcare services, access community resources, and overcome barriers that affect health — including housing, food security, transportation, language, and health literacy. Because CHWs often share lived experiences with the communities they serve, they are uniquely positioned to build trust, improve care coordination, and help patients follow through on treatment and recovery plans.

Across the United States, CHWs are increasingly recognized as an essential part of the healthcare workforce, improving outcomes while reducing unnecessary hospital visits and healthcare costs.
Through Bart Phillips’ role as Board Chair, BData collaborates with the Alliance to explore how advanced healthcare data and digital tools can better support CHWs in their work. This includes efforts to:

This collaboration reflects a shared commitment to ensuring that healthcare technology serves both clinicians and communities.

  • Strengthen connections between hospitals and community-based care
  • Improve the ability of CHWs to track outcomes and coordinate care
  • Identify opportunities where data and technology can empower frontline health workers
  • Advance new models of community-informed healthcare innovation

What is BData’s Relationship with the Minnesota CHW Alliance?

BData is proud to support the mission of the Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance, an organization that leads workforce development, policy advocacy, and professional advancement for Community Health Workers.
“At BData, we believe the future of healthcare will be shaped not only by better technology, but by stronger partnerships between clinicians, communities, and the people working on the front lines of care.

Through our work with Community Building Together, the Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance, and leaders across healthcare and public health, we are committed to advancing a model of innovation where data empowers people, communities shape solutions, and better health outcomes become possible for everyone.

Because when clinical insight and community experience come together, there is truly Strength in Numbers®.”
Bart Phillips, MS
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, BData
Board Chair, Minnesota CHW Alliance