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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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This report outlines a proposed strategy for measuring and evaluating the activity of California’s regional health information organizations, which are poised for growth under the new California Health Information Exchange Onboarding Program.
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Kathy Brandt is a nationally recognized expert in palliative health care, but nothing has acquainted her more intimately with the subject than her decision to seek it for herself.
California’s first surgeon general wants the state’s health care system to understand the impact that childhood trauma has on lifelong health outcomes. Nadine Burke Harris told us how she’ll accomplish that.
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: The Trump administration is seeking public comment on possible changes to the formula that sets the federal poverty guideline — an action that could reduce access to safety-net programs for millions.
Jocelyn Freeman Garrick, a no-nonsense doctor from Oakland’s Highland Hospital, is on the lookout for youth from families with low incomes who could become future nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, and more.
This guide will help community health center (CHC) leaders weigh the costs and benefits of remaining with their current electronic health record system (EHR) or switching to a different one. Many CHCs are considering this decision, as a shifting health…
After spending most of her career at the Los Angeles Times and Kaiser Health News, award-winning reporter Anna Gorman is now a public servant helping Los Angeles County residents who don’t have health insurance.
This fact sheet summarizes how Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico have expanded practice authority for nurse practitioners. CHCF hosted a briefing on May 6, 2019, with experts from these states on what California can learn about nurse practitioners and expanded…
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Economist Uwe Reinhardt famously said the system for determining prices in the US health care system was “chaos behind a veil of secrecy.” That was in 2006, and clearly, the chaos persists today.
California is one of a handful of states that restricts nurse practitioners’ ability to work without physician oversight. This paper examines how these restrictions impact care.
Maternal mental health disorders are the most common medical complication during and after childbirth. The most comprehensive large-scale analysis of costs to date finds these disorders also exert significant financial costs on individuals, families, and the economy.
Senior program officer Carlina Hansen discusses a CHCF project focused on how real-world experiences form the attitudes and expectations of people with low incomes about California’s health care system.
This paper recommends how the California Department of Health Care Services can strengthen its purchasing strategy and oversight to drive quality improvement in Medi-Cal managed care.