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Investing in Innovation
From ending the opioid crisis to making care affordable for all, solving health care's most intractable challenges will require innovative solutions. Through direct investments, grants, and partnerships, CHCF helps innovations succeed and scale in the safety net.


CHCF Blog

Tech Accelerators Open Doors for Health Care Entrepreneurs of Color

September 22, 2022
Barbara Feder Ostrov
Investing in Innovation, Health Equity
The CHCF Innovation Fund supports tech accelerators to bolster companies with the potential to significantly lower health costs or improve access to care for Californians with low incomes.
CHCF Blog

Start-Up Gains Traction with Support Platform for People Experiencing Homelessness

August 18, 2022
Brian Rinker
Homelessness & Health Care, Investing in Innovation
In California, where on any given day more than 150,000 people experience homelessness, some health care organizations are turning to a start-up company that incentivizes unhoused people to engage with case management and medical care.
Publication

Bridging the Digital Health Divide Series

February 2022
Courtney R. Lyles, Adrian Aguilera, Oanh Nguyen, Urmimala Sarkar
Health Equity, Investing in Innovation, Telehealth
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.
CHCF Blog

Innovation Fund Investing in Early-Stage Companies and Founders with Lived Experience

December 14, 2021
Don Sapatkin
Investing in Innovation
The fund looks for companies whose expertise complements CHCF's areas of focus.
Publication

Innovation Landscape — Solving Shortages: How Technology Can Help Meet California’s Immediate Health Workforce Needs

November 2021
Joanne Spetz, Amy Quan
Workforce, Investing in Innovation
This publication reviews the barriers to hiring providers in this specific sector of the health care system, the role of the temporary workforce, and the emergence of technology-enabled staffing companies as a potential alternative to traditional staffing agencies. An accompanying snapshot outlines data on key characteristics of vacancies, perceived recruitment challenges, and hiring of registry and contract providers.
Collection

Innovation Landscape

November 2021
Investing in Innovation
The Innovation Fund conducts a series of high-level landscape analyses on issues ripe for tech-enabled innovation. The Innovation Landscape Series aims to inform funders and customers in safety-net organizations seeking scalable solutions to meet their challenges.
CHCF Blog

Digital Start-Up Is Transforming Mental Health Care in Schools

September 28, 2021
Brian Rinker
Behavioral Health, Health Equity, Investing in Innovation, Medi-Cal
The CHCF Health Innovation Fund has invested in Hazel Health’s vision for critical services for students and young adults.
CHCF Blog

For Central Valley Residents, eConsults Are a Technological Lifeline

August 27, 2021
Hilda Martinez
Investing in Innovation, Medi-Cal, Telehealth
Health centers are trying to remove barriers to integrating eConsults into their workflow.
Publication

Remote Patient Monitoring in the Safety Net: What Payers and Providers Need to Know

July 2021
AVIA, Public Health Institute
Telehealth, Investing in Innovation
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a type of telehealth that involves the secure transfer of personal health and medical data to a provider for remote monitoring, care, and support. Providers, payers, and all Californians have an interest in leveraging technologies such as RPM that can assist in the management of chronic illnesses.
Publication

At a Glance: Why California Needs a Statewide Health Data Network (and How to Get There)

June 2021
Data Exchange, Investing in Innovation
This fact sheet details the challenges and potential solutions California's leaders face in creating a health information exchange system that collects patient data in a single unified manner while also making this information accessible to health providers timely and securely.
CHCF Blog

Why the Time Has Come for Statewide Data Exchange in California

May 20, 2021
Hong Truong
Data Exchange, Health Equity, Investing in Innovation
The ability to share appropriate health data will be critical as the state moves forward with its CalAIM initiative.
Publication

Technology Innovation in Medicaid: What to Expect in the Next Decade

February 2021
Manatt Health
Investing in Innovation
To learn what Medicaid innovation to expect over the next decade, Manatt Health surveyed and interviewed over 200 health care leaders across government, providers, plans, tech companies, community-based organizations, and investment firms. The paper explore the future for issues like telehealth, care coordination, social determinants of health, and behavioral health integration.
Publication

Underinvested: Strategies for Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Health Care Venture Investment

December 2020
The West Coast Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Innovation Studio
Investing in Innovation, Health Equity
This report outlines the latest data on the status and benefits of diversity in the venture ecosystem and summarizes existing initiatives working to increase the number of diverse funded founders and investors.
CHCF Blog

More Health Tech Investors Pushing for Diversity, Inclusion

December 1, 2020
Diana Williams
Investing in Innovation
Like leaders in many organizations and institutions, some in the venture capital industry are taking action to stop perpetuating health care inequities.
CHCF Blog

Dual Purpose: Opportunities for Technology to Help People Enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare

October 30, 2020
Melissa Buckley
Investing in Innovation
A conversation with Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, an angel investor and former chief medical officer of the federal Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.
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