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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A new California law aims to reduce maternal deaths by requiring perinatal providers to undergo implicit bias training. CHCF supported development of a free e-learning course with tools to help maternity care providers reshape their care.
Medical respite provides acute and postacute care for people experiencing homelessness who have recently been discharged from the inpatient setting. This report surveys the California medical respite landscape and examines the variation in programs by program components, funding sources and…
This article describes CHCF’s five-year opioid safety initiative and the impact it had on California’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis. It is published in The Foundation Review, a peer-reviewed journal of philanthropy.
This fact sheet details the challenges and potential solutions California’s leaders face in creating a health information exchange system that collects patient data in a single unified manner while also making this information accessible to health providers timely and securely.
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Brain shrinkage, inflammation, genetic changes, and impaired circuitry are likely causes of the mysterious “brain fog” experienced by many COVID-19 patients and contributing to the expected surge in demand for mental health care.
CHCF is cofunding a statewide evaluation of Project Roomkey, a COVID-19 response program to provide noncongregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness.
The draft RFP for Medi-Cal managed care procurement is a significant step forward, but California must do more to eliminate disparities in access and outcomes
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…
A series of focus groups and in-depth interviews with Californians with low incomes in 2019 revealed common themes in their health care needs, wants and values.
Between 2019 and 2021, CHCF funded a major research project to better understand the health care experiences, needs, and values of Californians with low incomes, including understanding changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are key findings and insights from the…
Central to this work is the cultivation of a health care system that operates with a deep commitment to lifelong learning and self-critique in the pursuit of people-centered care.