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

At Mercy Medical Center, the nation's only hospital-based Hmong shaman certification program bridges Eastern and Western medicine to meet immigrants’ health needs.

The Role of Palliative Care in a COVID-19 Pandemic

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.

Finding the Right Words About COVID-19

Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care

Health care professionals are facing conversations that they never expected — or wanted — to have.

COVID-19 Shines a Harsh Light on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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.

Efforts to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality Complicated by COVID-19

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?

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: 75% of Californians Support Shelter in Place ‘As Long as Needed’

Kristof Stremikis

Health Care Costs, Telehealth

The share of Californians who were tested for COVID-19 and had recent telehealth visits continues to grow.

Striving for Equity in COVID-19 Testing

Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Georges C. Benjamin, MD, talks about what it will take to create fair and effective ways to provide coronavirus testing in communities of color.

Coronavirus Doesn’t Recognize Man-Made Borders

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: The COVID-19 crisis is straining the local health care systems on both sides of the US-Mexico border.

How San Diego Is Protecting Its Homeless Population from COVID-19

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.

Why Nursing Homes Become COVID-19 Hot Spots

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Before the deaths began to mount, geriatricians knew what was about to happen.