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Identifying and Understanding Ways to Address the Impact of Racism on Patient Safety in Health Care Settings

RAND Corporation

This study from RAND Corporation and MedStar Health Research Institute examined the intersection of patient safety and racism with a focus on clinician leaders’ perspectives.

Resources to Support Palliative Care in Public Hospitals

This collection includes information and tools to help leaders of palliative care programs at public health care systems to sustain and expand inpatient and outpatient services that meet the needs of people with serious illnesses.

Focus on CalAIM

CalAIM is a multiyear reform led by the California Department of Health Care Services to improve the health outcomes and the overall well-being of Medi-Cal enrollees. Explore CHCF’s collection of tools and resources aimed at helping organizations understand and implement CalAIM.

Request for Proposals — Medi-Cal Facts and Figures

The California Health Care Foundation is seeking to identify a grantee or grantees to update our Medi-Cal Facts and Figures report, which provides an overview of the Medi-Cal program, including enrollment, benefits, spending, access, and quality.

The Pandemic of Loneliness

Avram Goldstein

Behavioral Health

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Loneliness is strongly associated with behavioral health problems and physical maladies — and with COVID-19.

2022 Edition — Mental Health in California

Behavioral Health

Using the most recent data available, this Almanac provides an overview of mental health statewide: disease prevalence, suicide rates, supply and use of treatment providers, and mental health in the criminal justice system.

2022 Edition — Quality of Care: Behavioral Health

Behavioral Health

This set of quality measures focuses on behavioral health, including mental health and substance use.

2022 Edition — California Hospitals

California’s 337 general acute care (GAC) hospitals discharged 2.8 million patients and had 40.1 million outpatient visits in 2020. This quick reference guide provides an overview of the state’s GAC hospitals, including number of beds, use of services, and selected financial measures.

The Big Health Care Wins in California’s State Budget

Medi-Cal, Expanding Health Coverage, Workforce, Health Care Costs, Data Exchange

California’s 2022–23 state budget represents one of the most significant investments in health care in a generation.

Effective Messaging About the Medi-Cal Expansion to Older Adults

Michele Cordoba

Expanding Health Coverage

As of May 2022, Californians age 50 and older with low incomes can enroll in Medi-Cal regardless of their immigration status. Focus groups among newly eligible Los Angeles residents sought to identify what information and messages were most effective at encouraging enrollment.

Improving and Expanding Programs to Support a Diverse Health Care Workforce

Urban Institute

CHCF commissioned the Urban Institute to conduct a national study of health care pathway programs to examine the persistent barriers and challenges facing aspiring doctors and nurses from systemically and structurally excluded groups. The study draws from interviews and focus groups with dozens of students, professionals, and field leaders.

California’s Health Care Future Depends on Nurse Practitioners

August 15, 2022

A conversation with Payam Parvinchiha, an internal medicine physician who provides care to seniors with chronic conditions.

California Healthline is a free daily news service of the California Health Care Foundation, providing the latest California health care news, original reporting, and opinion, designed to meet the information needs of busy health care professionals, decisionmakers, media organizations, and consumers.

California Health Care Almanac

Objective information on health care costs, coverage, quality, and delivery supports effective decisionmaking. The Almanac provides data and analysis on California's health care system.