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Disruptive Innovation: Can Health Care Learn from Other Industries? A Conversation with Clayton M. Christensen

March 2007

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.

Evaluation of the CHCF Ambulatory Care Redesign Collaborative

August 2006

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.

Health Care in the Express Lane: The Emergence of Retail Clinics

July 2006

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.

Program for Elders in Managed Care

March 2005

The goal of this funding program was to stimulate the development of better-organized systems of care, improved patient outcomes, and increased patient and provider satisfaction within Medicare managed care in California.

The California Medical Home Project

June 2002

The California Medical Home Project seeks to improve access to comprehensive, coordinated primary and specialty care for children with special health care needs and their families through the development of a statewide network of family-centered medical homes.

Diffusion of Innovation in Health Care

May 2002

This report describes the ten critical dynamics that govern how new medical and information technologies are diffused in the health care industry. It is a practical guide for changing the pace of adoption.