Physicians and hospitals are increasingly looking to integrate in response to changing economic conditions and the promptings of the Affordable Care Act.

Can computer kiosks speed up emergency room care? An experiment in several California hospitals shows it is not as simple as just plugging them in.

CHCF's Health Innovation Fund invests in Pipeline Healthcare, a telepharmacy company that offers safety-net and rural hospitals access to remote pharmacy consultations.

The number of in-hospital palliative care programs in California has grown steadily since 2007. California's acute care hospitals describe their palliative care programs in this survey.

Cesarean sections now account for 32% of births in California, raising the risk of complications and infections, and leading to higher costs for patients and society, according to recent research.

Hospitals often view language interpreter services as too costly. A study in Health Affairs shows eight California facilities saved money by using the Health Care Interpreter Network.

Despite the high volume of hip and knee replacements, data on device efficacy, surgical technique, and patient outcomes are lacking. A statewide registry will fill the gaps.

This issue brief examines technologies that are helping hospitals to expand capacity by improving their efficiency in moving patients through the stages of treatment. The analysis includes short case summaries that provide examples of such systems.

In hospital quality, what do consumers want? This report reviews their perceptions of clinical effectiveness, patient safety, and efficiency and whether consumers have a role in driving improvement.

The state's system for securing on-call emergency department specialist coverage remains costly, complex, and on the edge due to payment concerns, liability questions, and a shortage of specialists.

Despite their challenging payer mix, a number of California’s safety-net hospitals have achieved robust financial success. To find out how, researchers conducted in-depth interviews with the leadership teams at five such institutions.

This network offers interpretation services to patients and providers at eligible public hospitals in California. Trained health care interpreters operate in 16 languages through an automated video/voice call center.

California's 512 acute care hospitals cared for 3 million inpatients and 42 million outpatients in 2007. This report examines these hospitals in terms of their bed supply and capacity, geographic distribution, ownership type, utilization, and financial health.

This paper describes efforts to improve efficiency in safety-net hospitals through management engineering, a method for diagnosing and correcting problems in service delivery. A companion primer outlines specific methods that have proven successful.

California's critical access hospitals, which play a crucial role in rural areas, can be strongly affected by market shifts. This research looks at the financial health of these small institutions and identifies strong determinants of financial performance.