About This Program

Good quality health care can be expensive and hard to find for underserved Californians. We support and invest in innovations that expand access and lower the cost of care for individuals and society.

Director Margaret Laws Explains

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Staff

Margaret Laws, MPP

Director
Sanjay Shah, MBA

Program Officer
Melissa Buckley, MPP

Program-Related Investment Consultant
Ellen Koskinas, MBA

CHCF Health Innovation Fund Consultant
Helen Duhe

Program Assistant

Media Contact

Emma Dugas
Communications Officer
Publishing & Communications
510.587.3159

Primary Care, Everywhere

New models of care delivery are evolving in response to economic pressures, physician shortages, access barriers, and patient preferences. Six innovations seek to extend primary care, everywhere.

Primary Care Everywhere

Improving Health Care Through Innovation

This supplement to the Stanford Social Innovation Review offers perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for innovators working to improve quality and cut costs.

Safety-Net Innovation

Can leading innovators address the needs of the safety net? The Stanford Biodesign Program and CHCF Health Care Leadership fellows are exploring this challenge in a foundation-sponsored collaboration.

CHCF Leadership Alumni for Innovation

Specialist Consult Without the Wait

CHCF invests in Direct Dermatology, a telemedicine group that provides remote dermatology consultations, expanding access to expert, convenient, and affordable specialty care.

Direct Dermatology

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