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My Birth Matters: A C-Section Campaign Is Born

The My Birth Matters campaign, which includes animated videos and related materials, is part of a broader statewide effort to lower rates of low-risk, first-birth c-sections in California hospitals.

June 20, 2018

Behind the Headline

Bourdain on Addiction: There Is No Them — There Is Only Us

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The late chef, author, and television personality Anthony Bourdain, who recovered from heroin addiction in the 1980s, used his global platform to educate the public about the opioid crisis.

June 15, 2018

•Behavioral Health

Report

What to Know About the Justice Department’s Latest Whack at the ACA

The Affordable Care Act wars have reignited, thanks to a surprising assault on the law’s popular protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

June 15, 2018

•Health Care Costs/Affordability

Project

My Birth Matters: C-Section Consumer Education Campaign

This campaign is designed to educate expectant mothers about cesarean delivery and encourage conversations between them, their doctor, and care team.

June 15, 2018

•Maternal Health

Project

Teaching Providers How to Help Chronic Pain Patients Manage Their Condition

Chronic pain patients are among those who face harm from opioid overprescribing, but they have little access to nondrug alternatives. Los Angeles County trained providers in strategies and skills they can teach their patients to reduce pain, stress, and fatigue.

June 15, 2018

•Primary Care

Tool

CIN Resource Page: Making the Case to Address Social Needs

This resource page from the California Improvement Network consists of a short list of relevant and timely resources to help health care organizations address social needs that impact health.

June 12, 2018

•Health Workforce

Report

Palliative Care in California: Narrowing the Gap

Palliative care services have grown substantially in California. Interactive maps and an issue brief shed light on progress that’s been made and what gaps remain.

June 12, 2018

•Older Adults

Data Insight

National Health Spending Passes $10,000 Per Person, and We Should Be Concerned

Annual spending on health care in the US has crossed the $10,000 per-person threshold, reminding us to reflect on health care’s unprecedented claim on our resources — and why we should be concerned about it.

June 11, 2018

•Health Care Costs/Affordability

Behind the Headline

A Long Road to Care for Rural Californians

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Health care journalists delve into the complicated challenge of helping rural hospitals survive in a hostile financial environment.

June 8, 2018

•Health Equity

Report

What’s Different About Caring for Medi-Cal Members with Serious Illness?

For people with low incomes or who are covered by Medi-Cal, palliative care programs must attend to a host of issues that patients with economic resources don’t face.

June 7, 2018

•Medi-Cal

Quick Read

Six Facts About Undocumented Californians

A new analysis of data from the most recent California Health Interview Survey reveals six key facts about the age, race/ethnicity, income, work status, and insurance status of California’s undocumented population.

June 6, 2018

•Health Insurance Coverage

Expert Perspective

‘Public Charge’ Rule Would Disrupt Safety-Net Access for Some Immigrants

The Trump administration signaled plans to make it harder for immigrants to enter the country and to reduce access to a broad range of health and human service safety net programs for immigrants already living here, including US citizen children.

June 5, 2018

•Health Insurance Coverage

California Future Health Workforce Commission

June 4, 2018

•Health Workforce

Behind the Headline

Lost in Transition

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: For those who have spent months, years, or decades away from their communities in prison or military service, it can be daunting — even deadly — to make the transition back into civilian…

June 1, 2018

•Health Equity

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A Virtual Tour of Covered California’s Online Application

June 1, 2018

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My Birth Matters: A C-Section Campaign Is Born

Bourdain on Addiction: There Is No Them — There Is Only Us

What to Know About the Justice Department’s Latest Whack at the ACA

My Birth Matters: C-Section Consumer Education Campaign

Teaching Providers How to Help Chronic Pain Patients Manage Their Condition

CIN Resource Page: Making the Case to Address Social Needs

Palliative Care in California: Narrowing the Gap

National Health Spending Passes $10,000 Per Person, and We Should Be Concerned

A Long Road to Care for Rural Californians

What’s Different About Caring for Medi-Cal Members with Serious Illness?

Six Facts About Undocumented Californians

‘Public Charge’ Rule Would Disrupt Safety-Net Access for Some Immigrants

California Future Health Workforce Commission

Lost in Transition

A Virtual Tour of Covered California’s Online Application

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