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Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming health care, offering promising opportunities to enhance care delivery and outcomes for all Californians. For those in health care and policy, understanding AI is essential to improve care quality, reduce access barriers, and advance health equity.

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    What Californians Are Saying About AI in Health Care

    CHCF conducted focus groups in California and found that Californians are open to AI’s potential to improve care quality and provide medical providers with more time to spend with patients. However, only if it’s used safely, transparently, and with an option to opt out.

    October 29, 2025
    Health Equity, Technology and Innovation
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    Examining AI and Health Care: Implications for Equity and California’s Health Care Safety Net

    April 22, 2024
    Technology and Innovation
    Kara Carter

    Promises and Pitfalls

    March 4, 2024
    Technology and Innovation
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    AI Tools Promise Better Care but Challenge Safety-Net Providers

    March 12, 2025
    Technology and Innovation
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    Harnessing AI’s Potential to Lift Up Underserved Communities

    September 16, 2024
    Technology and Innovation

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    ‘Back to the Future’: Defending Care in a New Era 

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    Health Care Is Too Complicated. It Doesn’t Need to Be.

    December 11, 2025
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    Patients Say Yes to Artificial Intelligence — if Doctors Stay in Charge

    November 20, 2025
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    What Californians Are Saying About AI in Health Care

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    AI and the Future Primary Care Workforce

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    AI Technology Gives Doctors More Time for Patients and Family

    June 16, 2025
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    AI Tools Promise Better Care but Challenge Safety-Net Providers

    March 12, 2025
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    Harnessing AI’s Potential to Lift Up Underserved Communities

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