Program-Related Investments

GetWell Docent

Maternal Health, Investing in Innovation

GetWell Docent pairs pregnant people with navigators that help remotely coordinate prenatal and postpartum services, which too often falls through fragmented cracks in the Medi-Cal system.

Concert Health Aims to Scale Collaborative Mental Health Care

January 30, 2020

Behavioral Health, Investing in Innovation, Telehealth, Workforce

Patients served by small and rural primary care physicians may benefit from a remote version of this increasingly popular model for providing mental health care.

‘Food Pharmacies’ Fill Physician Prescriptions for Fresh Produce

January 12, 2020

Xenia Shih Bion

Investing in Innovation

Stories That Caught Our Attention: Food access issues and other social barriers to health have driven the health care system to take an increasingly holistic approach to delivering care.

Concert Health

Behavioral Health, Telehealth, Investing in Innovation

Concert Health integrates remote behavioral health managers and psychiatrists into primary care practices, making it possible to effectively manage mild-to-moderate mental health conditions without referrals.

Examining the Effects of Electronic Consults on Primary Care Providers

October 28, 2019

Investing in Innovation

Far more patients with low incomes seek specialty care than there are specialists to help them. A physician describes one tonic for California's overtaxed specialty referral system.

Evaluation of Provider Experiences with eConsults

Telehealth, Investing in Innovation

Community Health Center Network offers its providers the option to use RubiconMD's platform to request a virtual consultation from a specialist, which can prevent both unnecessary visits and delays in patient access to specialty care. Outside evaluators documented providers' experiences and satisfaction with the platform.

Unite Us

Investing in Innovation, Data Exchange

Unite Us links providers of medical care with providers of social services, enabling communities to coordinate and collectively address patients' nonclinical needs.

Can Behavioral Health Entrepreneurs Finally Break Through?

September 20, 2019

Investing in Innovation, Behavioral Health

In 2018, health tech start-ups raised nearly $400 million in funding for technology investments related to behavioral health. In what areas are innovators making genuine progress?

Can the Right Technology Reduce Avoidable Emergency Department Visits?

Investing in Innovation

More than 140 million patients visit US emergency departments each year. Health care technology companies hope to reduce that demand by better managing chronic diseases in primary care settings and easing access to treatment for mental health and substance use disorders.

Putting Prescription Refill Automation Tech to the Test in the Safety Net

Investing in Innovation

The average physician receives 10 to 25 prescription refill requests per day, contributing to a growing administrative burden — especially in under-resourced safety-net institutions. A tech solution helped two California health centers.

Lessons Learned from Implementing a Practice Automation Platform in the Safety Net

Investing in Innovation

This report evaluates the effectiveness of Charlie, a practice automation platform developed by CHCF investee healthfinch, in safety-net settings. Two Federally Qualified Health Centers implemented Charlie, and both saw positive changes, including to time spent on refills, efficiency of refills, and provider satisfaction.

Will the Data Walls Come Tumbling Down?

Xenia Shih Bion

Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Electronic health records are supposed to take the US health care system into the 21st century while improving quality of care. Is that dream within reach?

Why CHCF Is Investing to Improve Data Exchange — Again

Data Exchange, Investing in Innovation

Compiling a patient’s complete health record still requires a herculean effort involving multiple web portals, reams of data files, and, yes, fax machines. As new means of data-sharing begin to change that, the safety net should not be left behind.

Verato

Investing in Innovation, Data Exchange

Verato helps health care organizations reconcile fragmented and duplicate records to create a comprehensive view of every patient’s health and history.

Nomad Health

Investing in Innovation, Workforce

Nomad Health's online marketplace directly connects clinicians and medical employers, making recruiting and hiring less expensive and more efficient and transparent.