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Key Topic: Telehealth

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    Telehealth’s Evolution in California: Where Are We, and Where Do We Go from Here?

    This webinar presents findings and recommendations from CHCF’s report, Telehealth’s Evolution in California: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities, covering telehealth equity, implementation, policy and financing, and research.

    February 06, 2025

  • Mother and daughter talking to doctor on a telehealth visit
    Resource

    Full Report

    January 15, 2025

  • Mother and daughter talking to doctor on a telehealth visit
    Resource

    Policy Recommendations for Policymakers, Providers, Plans, and Researchers

    To maximize telehealth’s impact, we have developed four issue briefs outlining recommendations for policymakers, health plans, health system leaders and safety-net providers and researchers. These recommendations are based on a review of literature on California’s telehealth evolution as well as…

    January 15, 2025

  • Mother and daughter talking to doctor on a telehealth visit
    Resource

    Telehealth’s Evolution in California: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

    January 15, 2025

  • Older man sitting in kitchen, texting.
    Blog

    On National Latino Physician Day, Focus on Bridging the Digital Divide

    Shouldn’t contacting a doctor be as easy as sending a text message? Culturally and linguistically competent digital health tools offer a solution for the Latino/x community.

    September 27, 2024

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    Evaluation of the Telehealth Improvement Community Fund (TICF)

    The Telehealth Improvement Community Fund (TICF), a seven-month initiative, helped 27 California safety-net health centers boost video telehealth usage. It featured flexible participation, resource access, and high engagement, leading to steady telehealth utilization and high satisfaction .

    June 10, 2024

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    Evaluation of the Connected Care Accelerator Equity Collaborative

    The Connected Care Accelerator Equity Collaborative (CCA EC) was a 13-month initiative by CHCF and Cedars-Sinai, to enhance telehealth in California’s safety net. It focused on improving the use of video telehealth, enhancing access to telehealth for patients, and supporting…

    June 10, 2024

  • Father and daughter talk to doctor via telehealth visit.
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    Telehealth Outcomes and Impact on Care Delivery: A Review of Evidence

    This telehealth report distills key findings from over 80 studies from 2021 to 2022, catering to health care policymakers, payers, practitioners, and researchers interested in telehealth’s effectiveness compared to in-person care.

    November 16, 2023

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    Supplement to Telehealth Outcomes and Impact on Care Delivery: A Review of Evidence

    November 01, 2023

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    Telehealth Use and Experiences Among California Adults

    This brief explores how telehealth use varies across subpopulations of adults in the state and reports how people rate their telehealth experience compared to in-person care.

    September 12, 2023

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    Blog

    Start-Up Provides Reproductive Care for Underserved Communities

    Twentyeight Health was built to provide reproductive and sexual health care to women and birthing people of color and those with low incomes. More than half of its users are Medicaid enrollees.

    May 25, 2023

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    Telehealth Experiences and Preferences Among Californians with Low Incomes

    The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) interviewed 73 Californians with low incomes to better understand their experiences with telehealth. Many commonalities in experiences and future preferences for telehealth emerged from this research. Among the findings were that Californians want telehealth…

    May 03, 2023

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    Blog

    Telehealth Use Outlasting Pandemic That Launched It

    California patients say telehealth strengthens relationships with providers and report high levels of trust and satisfaction with care delivered via phone or video.

    May 03, 2023

  • Sofi Bergkvist, CEO of Center for Care Innovations.
    Blog

    Ensuring Equity in Telehealth

    Telehealth could extend care to millions of underserved people — but only if they can access it.

    August 29, 2022

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    Resource

    Innovations in Telehealth in Behavioral Health During COVID-19

    The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a swift pivot to telehealth for the delivery of behavioral health services. What works? What isn’t working? And what barriers to quality care remain? This report from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing was developed specifically…

    July 19, 2022

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