This report explores the readiness for health information technology (HIT) from the perspective of long term care providers: nursing facilities, residential care facilities, and community-based service providers.

This report shows how Californians' end-of-life care differs by race and ethnicity. It identifies gaps in providing culturally sensitive services and offers recommendations for change.

In this Health Affairs Web Exclusive, CHCF President and CEO Mark Smith interviews Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen about technology and disruptive innovation in health care.

This issue brief assesses the progress of long term care reform in California since the Little Hoover Commission recommendations in 1996 and introduces new strategies to improve care over the next five years.

Group visits, peer coaches, phone and Internet support, and self-management training are some of the peer support programs that are found to be as effective as they are affordable in managing chronic diseases.

With the goal of improving health care quality and affordability, this report examines the organization, strategies, and potential for success of regional efforts to improve health care for local populations.

Revealing how California's diverse population views death and dying issues, this study examines attitudes about end-of-life care planning, life support, and pain management.

This report provides a snapshot of hospice utilization, trends, cost, and quality in California from 1996 through 2004.

This report examines changing attitudes about death and dying and potential trends through the lens of demographics, the cost and nature of end-of-life care, and culture.

Highlighting key trends and statistics ranging from spending to utilization, this report provides important information and perspective on chronic disease care in California and the United States.

The culture, structure, and financial incentives of most medical practices limit providers' ability to best treat chronically ill patients. This research explores approaches that avoid the shortfalls of two prototypical strategies.

This report examines how the design of physical environments in long term care facilities potentially impacts resident and staff wellness, and specifically how it affects quality of life, safety, and stress.

This report examines the effectiveness of an initiative to redesign ambulatory care processes to improve productivity and provider and patient satisfaction at safety-net clinics in California.

This 2006 report examines nursing home staffing and quality issues in California, including compliance with minimum standards, turnover rates, deficiencies, and comparisons of for-profit and nonprofit settings.

This 2006 report examines the advent of retail-based medical clinics — both nationally and in California — as well as the forces fueling their emergence and their viability as a business model.