Kicking off the 2022 season of the Permanente Medicine Podcast, host Chris Grant examines the key role health systems play in supporting social and community health. Bechara Choucair, MD, senior vice president and chief health officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, and David Grossman, MD, interim vice president for social and community health, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, discuss leveraging Kaiser Permanente's unique model of care to address social determinants of health, how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated innovation in health care, and determining priorities now and in the future for addressing social and community health.Program notes:-- 2-1-1 is a special abbreviated telephone number available to be used in communities to reach information about health and social services and referrals.-- Thrive Local is Kaiser Permanente's online social services resource directory for clinicians to connect patients with community resources and referrals.