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To Unlock Better Health, California Doubles Down on Primary Care
California aims to grow primary care spending to 15% of total health spending. Learn how organizations are collaborating to reach that goal.
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The Future of Medi-Cal: Bold Ideas for the Next Decade
Kara Carter and Chris Perrone share six winning concepts selected by CHCF to inform the Future of Medi-Cal Commission, which is drafting a roadmap for California’s health system.
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How Small Practices Serve California’s Medi-Cal Enrollees
Small, independent practices are vital to health equity in California. Investing in them improves chronic disease management, preventive care, and access for Medi-Cal patients statewide.
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Hazel Health: Connecting K-12 Students to Health Care
This start-up company provides virtual health care in school settings so students can stay healthy, learn, and reach their full potential.
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Primary Care Transformation
Our work in primary care transformation advances care delivery models across California. We analyze team-based approaches, care coordination strategies, and quality improvement methods, supporting practices to enhance patient experience, provider satisfaction, and clinical outcomes.
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Advancing Health Equity Through Primary Care Policy
The report outlines California policies that would significantly improve access to quality primary care for all Californians, particularly those in underserved communities.
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Advancing Behavioral Health Outcomes in Primary Care
The Advancing Behavioral Health Outcomes in Primary Care project is a learning collaborative of 14 CHCs with the goal of improving behavioral health outcomes, especially among Black, Latino/x, Indigenous, Asian Pacific Islander, LGBTQA, and non-English-speaking patients.
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On the Wellness Curve, Focus on Primary Health Care Will Put California Ahead
A first-of-its-kind study of primary care spending in California’s commercial health insurance market finds organizations that invest a higher proportion of spending in primary care deliver better care.
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A Toolkit to Advance Racial Health Equity in Primary Care Improvement
This CIN toolkit offers concrete, practical approaches and resources to help health care organizations — including those that provide, pay for, or support primary care — to increase quality improvement efforts that center racial health equity. Case studies provide insights…
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Recommended Actions
The Primary Care Investment Coordinating Group of California (PICG) has adopted a set of guiding principles and recommended actions intended to spur collective action to ensure that the state’s primary care system has the resources it needs to deliver better…
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CIN Connections, Summer 2021 — Caring and Sharing: Supporting the Primary Care Workforce
In this issue of CIN Connections, learn about strategies from health care leaders as they wrestle with increased levels of burnout, trauma, and moral injury among the primary care workforce. Hear about multimodal approaches to building a culture of well-being…
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CIN Resource Page: Building a Resilient Primary Care Workforce
This California Improvement Network resource page provides curated tools to better understand the causes and consequences of burnout, secondary trauma, and moral injury and contains ideas and practices for better supporting the primary care workforce.
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CIN Connections, Fall 2020 — Emerging Innovations: Health Care During a Pandemic
In this issue of CIN Connections, learn how Dr. Mitch Katz, president and CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals, adapted its health care delivery model in the surge of the pandemic in New York City, and how CIN partners have adapted…
