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  • Protesters march to protect the Affordable Care Act
    Behind the Headline

    In High-Stakes Game of Texas Hold ’Em, Millions Could Lose Coverage

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: A losing hand in a high-stakes legal fight in Texas over the validity of the Affordable Care Act could cause tens of millions of Americans, including many with preexisting conditions, to lose health…

    •Health Insurance Coverage
  • Illustration of a woman listening to a pregnant woman at home
    Data Insight

    Listening to Mothers in California

    More than 2,500 women share their attitudes and experiences of childbirth. The results reveal what is and isn’t working with maternity care in the Golden State, including key opportunities to advance birth equity and address maternal mental health.

    •Facts and Data
  • Dr Nesbitt on telehealth video conference
    Expert Perspective

    American Health Systems Use Technology to Empower Primary Care Docs

    Many health care systems are changing the way they operate and embracing new technologies to better organize care delivery while addressing the worsening shortage of physicians.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Inside CHCF

    Not Listening to Mothers

    A new major survey finds a significant disconnect between the maternity care women want and the care they end up getting. The results of Listening to Mothers in California, released today, reveal what is and isn’t working with maternity care…

  • Pregnant womewn in a childbirth class.
    Report

    Data Snapshot: Listening to Mothers in California

    This wide-ranging population survey asked Californian women about their experiences with childbirth and health care, in both English and Spanish.

    •Maternal Health
  • Illustration of a woman listening to a pregnant woman at home
    Tool

    Infographic: The Overmedicalization of Childbirth

    This infographic highlights results from a survey of California mothers that finds women are getting too many unwanted and unneeded interventions during childbirth, even when less invasive alternatives are available.

    •Maternal Health
  • Provider or doula examines pregnant woman

    National Partnership for Women & Families: Listening to Mothers in California

  • Cover of Health Affairs Magazine, September 2018
    Behind the Headline

    Health Affairs Looks at What’s Happening in the Golden State

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: California is often seen as a bellwether state — a leader in everything from clean energy to defending immigrant rights — so it’s no surprise that health care in California is the theme…

    •Facts and Data
  • Mother holds baby and looks off into the distance, while sitting in car
    Data Insight

    Listening to Mothers in California: Maternal Mental Health

    The Listening to Mothers in California survey was aimed at improving the experience and outcomes of pregnancy and childbirth by reporting women’s experiences and preferences on many topics, including maternal mental health. Women diagnosed with a mental health condition should…

    •Maternal Health
  • Doctor uses an e-consult with patient
    Behind the Headline

    Tackling Health System Challenges, One at a Time

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: To make one giant leap for the US health care system, perhaps we need to channel Neil Armstrong and focus on the small steps. That’s the takeaway from a New York Times article…

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • Team from UCLA-Olive View Medical Center’s Positive Care Clinic—where staff from safety-net clinics build innovation skills rooted in design thinking principles and then apply them to pilot projects.
    Data Insight

    Overcoming Human Barriers to Tech Innovation in the Safety Net

    It isn’t financial and staff capacity that determines a safety-net organization’s ability to embrace technology-driven change. It’s executive leadership and organizational culture.

    •Technology and Innovation
  • Senators McCain and Kennedy
    Behind the Headline

    It’s Up to Us to Give Life to John McCain’s Legacy

    Our nation is not about the differences that drive us apart — it’s about the values that have bound us together through every test. Throughout his career and until his last breath, Senator McCain understood that.

    •Health Care Costs/Affordability
  • hospital emergency department entrance sign
    Expert Perspective

    The State of Emergency

    CHCF recently published the latest edition in its wide-ranging Almanac series, “California Emergency Departments: Use Grows as Coverage Expands.” Kristof Stremikis, director of CHCF’s Market Analysis and Insight team, talks about the important findings.

    •Facts and Data
  • External Resource

    Surgical Patients Who Take Buprenorphine Should Stay on Through the Perioperative Period

  • Dr. Andrew Herring of Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., left, gave a dose of buprenorphine, a drug that eases the symptoms of opioid withdrawal, to a homeless man who collected cans to pay for bus fare to get to the hospital.
    Behind the Headline

    The Only Wrong Door to Treatment Is a Revolving Door

    Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: With opioid-related deaths skyrocketing, an Oakland emergency physician has launched a program to initiate medication-assisted treatment before patients walk out the hospital door.

    •Homelessness