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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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…
Over the past 60 years, the way health care is financed has changed, with public insurance paying for more care. This graphic shows who paid for health care and how much it cost.
Disparities among historically marginalized groups in California occur across many demographic categories. This Almanac provides data that show how people of color face barriers in accessing health care, often receive suboptimal treatment, and are most likely to experience poor outcomes…
Twenty promotors working with the Latinx community in San Francisco received specialized drug and alcohol education training in Spanish. The goal is that they will work with community members who have substance use disorder.
California faces a health workforce shortage, threatening access to care. This Q&A publication provides an overview of the need to invest in, expand, and diversify California’s health workforce.
Project Roomkey proved the concept that health and housing stability can follow if people are given housing where they have privacy, autonomy, and services they need.
This brief describes national and California-specific trends in private equity acquisitions of health care service providers, such as outpatient clinics, hospitals and nursing homes.
The report finds that Project Roomkey successfully provided emergency housing and services to 62,000 people experiencing homelessness during the early years of COVID-19 by getting those who were medically vulnerable off the street and into hotels and motels.