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Top 10 Blogs of 2020
In a remarkable year dominated by COVID-19 news, The CHCF Blog covered the pandemic's impact on the health care system in California and the nation. Readers learned about such topics as how to talk to infected patients and their families, why nursing homes became hot spots, and how the pandemic does not respect human-made borders. Here are the 10 most popular blog posts of 2020.
Read our top 10 publications of 2020
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Hmong Community Planted Spiritual Roots in Merced Hospital

February 27, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Workforce
At Mercy Medical Center, the nation's only hospital-based Hmong shaman certification program bridges Eastern and Western medicine to meet immigrants’ health needs.
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The Role of Palliative Care in a COVID-19 Pandemic

March 20, 2020
Jennifer Moore Ballentine
Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care, Workforce
Applying the unique skills and strengths found in palliative care must be part of the response to the novel coronavirus.
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Finding the Right Words About COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Kate Meyers
Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care
Health care professionals are facing conversations that they never expected — or wanted — to have.
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COVID-19 Shines a Harsh Light on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

April 13, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal
Stories That Caught Our Attention: How the epidemic is exacerbating the health disparities that have long burdened people of color.
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Efforts to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality Complicated by COVID-19

April 20, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Maternal Health, Health Equity
Stories That Caught Our Attention: How can we support Black mothers and birthing people during a pandemic that is amplifying health disparities?
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COVID-19 Tracking Poll: 75% of Californians Support Shelter in Place ‘As Long as Needed’

April 24, 2020
Kristof Stremikis
Health Care Costs, Telehealth
The share of Californians who were tested for COVID-19 and had recent telehealth visits continues to grow.
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Striving for Equity in COVID-19 Testing

May 7, 2020
Claudia Boyd-Barrett
Health Equity
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, talks about what it will take to create fair and effective ways to provide coronavirus testing in communities of color.
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Coronavirus Doesn’t Recognize Man-Made Borders

June 22, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Health Equity
Stories That Caught Our Attention: The COVID-19 crisis is straining the local health care systems on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
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How San Diego Is Protecting Its Homeless Population from COVID-19

June 29, 2020
Padma Nagappan
Homelessness & Health Care, Workforce
The pandemic prompted local leaders to swiftly establish one of the nation's largest shelters and apply painful lessons learned from the region's 2017 hepatitis A outbreak.
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Why Nursing Homes Become COVID-19 Hot Spots

July 13, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Before the deaths began to mount, geriatricians knew what was about to happen.
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