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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.
A conversation with California author Katy Butler, whose new book spotlights the perverse financial incentives that promote overtreatment and overdiagnosis of patients while failing to reward relationships, thoughtfulness, and harm reduction.
A growing number of medical visits in California are being conducted through telehealth or telemedicine technology, which enables providers to care for people who live far from medical specialists.
Deborah Kelch, executive director of the Insure the Uninsured Project, reflects on four decades in California health policy and what she expects the future to bring.
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.
An effort is underway to recruit California hospitals that have never operated medical residency programs and encourage them to launch new ones with the help of Medicare dollars.
The population of seniors is growing rapidly while the physician supply shrinks — especially among primary care doctors and geriatricians. Many health care organizations are exploring a surprising solution: old-fashioned house calls mixed with new technology.
Regardless of the outcome of the Kaiser Permanente mental health workers strike, the need for state health policy leaders to reduce California’s worsening shortage of behavioral health providers is urgent.
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Innovative peer counseling is expanding access to mental health services and meeting patients where they are with culturally competent care.
The Transitions Clinic Network is a national network of medical programs for recently released prisoners with chronic diseases. The clinic makes connections with former inmates and provides care and support.
The Inland Empire Health Plan’s new CEO is continuing the trailblazing path that Californians have come to expect from the large and influential managed care plan.