The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
CHCF publishes reports, articles, issue briefs, explainers, data snapshots, infographics, fact sheets, and other resources to help make meaningful change in California’s health care system.
The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
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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…
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 .
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…
•Racial Health Equity, Technology and Innovation, Telehealth
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.
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.
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…
•Surveys and Polls, Technology and Innovation, Telehealth
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…
•Behavioral Health, Technology and Innovation, Telehealth
An analysis of poll findings reveals significant differences between insured Californians who have a primary care provider and those who do not across topics related to health care utilization, experience, affordability, and health behaviors.
•Consumer Affordability, Health Workforce Diversity, Primary Care, Racial Health Equity, Surveys and Polls, Telehealth
The emergence of COVID-19 prompted a dramatic increase in telehealth services among health care providers seeking to offer continuity of care for patients. The rapid change prompted CHCF to sponsor two studies to determine the capacity of health centers to…
All patients should benefit from digital health tools regardless of their cultural background, language, income, race, or ethnicity. The two papers in this series focus on how to create equity and inclusion during technology implementation and design to help health…
•Racial Health Equity, Technology and Innovation, Telehealth
This publication reviews the barriers to hiring providers in this specific sector of the health care system, the role of the temporary workforce, and the emergence of technology-enabled staffing companies as a potential alternative to traditional staffing agencies. An accompanying…
•Health Workforce, Technology and Innovation, Telehealth
California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers experienced many financial challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report summarizes policy options that have the potential to improve FQHC stability, address health equity, and ensure access to a broader range of…
•COVID-19, Health Workforce, Technology and Innovation, Telehealth