Innovations for the Underserved

Goal:
To reduce barriers to efficient, affordable health care services for the underserved.

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Objectives:

Encourage, test, and promote lower-cost models of care.
Improve the availability of specialty and dental care for low-income, uninsured, non-English speaking, and rural Californians.
Promote policy and operational improvements to increase enrollment and retention in publicly sponsored insurance programs.
Increase the operational efficiency of safety-net institutions.

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Key Publications

The Future of California's SCHIP Program

With federal SCHIP funding subject to new eligibility requirements and continuing uncertainty over its reauthorization, this series of reports and white papers examines how the changes to the program could affect children's health coverage in California.

Telepsychiatry in the Emergency Department: Overview and Case Studies

Store-and-Forward Teledermatology Applications

Improving Access to Health Care in California: Testing New Roles for Providers

Retail Dental Clinics: A Viable Model for the Underserved?

Key Projects

Center for Connected Health Policy

CHCF funded this organization to lead and coordinate telehealth adoption across the state. Headquartered in Sacramento, its goal is to make California a national model for telehealth integration into the health care system. A video demonstrates how clinics are using telemedicine.

Staff

Margaret Laws, M.P.P.
Director

Melissa Schoen, M.B.A., M.P.H.
Senior Program Officer

Melissa Buckley
Consultant

Glenda Pacha
Program Assistant

Media Contact

Spencer A. Sherman, Director, Publishing & Communications
510.587.3111

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