Direct care workers are the personal care aides, home health aides, and certified nurse assistants that provide hands-on, daily, and long-term assistance to older adults and people with disabilities. An issue brief and Quick Reference Guide provide overviews of this critical element of the health care workforce.

This study from RAND Corporation and MedStar Health Research Institute examined the intersection of patient safety and racism with a focus on clinician leaders’ perspectives.

More than two million seniors and people with disabilities (SPDs) enrolled in Medi-Cal will be impacted by reforms, initiatives, and new policies as a result of CalAIM (California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal). This issue brief describes key care delivery transitions related to CalAIM implementation, and outlines challenges and opportunities to ensure these changes are as smooth as possible for SPDs, their caregivers, and providers.

California’s 337 general acute care (GAC) hospitals discharged 2.8 million patients and had 40.1 million outpatient visits in 2020. This quick reference guide provides an overview of the state’s GAC hospitals, including number of beds, use of services, and selected financial measures.

This fact sheet compares a proposed-transition to-practice (TTP) period for nurse practitioners in California to TTP periods in other states.

Using the most recent data available, this Almanac provides an overview of mental health statewide: disease prevalence, suicide rates, supply and use of treatment providers, and mental health in the criminal justice system.

Leaders of public hospital inpatient palliative care services (IPPCs) often need to make the case to health system clinical and administrative leaders to secure resources needed to sustain, improve, or expand the palliative care service. The materials provided here review useful tactics and tools for making the case and keeping IPPC on the radar of leaders who make resource allocation decisions.

Leaders of public hospital outpatient palliative care (OPPC) services often need to make the case to health system clinical and administrative leaders to secure resources needed to sustain, improve, or expand the palliative care service. The materials provided here review useful tactics and tools for making the case and for keeping OPPC on the radar of leaders who make resource allocation decisions.

All patients should benefit from digital health tools regardless of their cultural background, language, income, race, or ethnicity. The two papers in this series focus on how to create equity and inclusion during technology implementation and design to help health care providers, health plans, and developers reach everyone.