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Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

And the Winner Is...

See how human-centered designers answered our challenge to encourage more people to complete advance directives and document their end-of-life wishes.

Ready or Not

Even with new federal resources to help, a study finds that communities with weaker safety-net systems are lagging in preparations for health reform.

Public Health

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

School Health Centers Grow Despite Lack of State Funding

The Los Angeles and Oakland school districts are constructing a combined 25 new health centers despite a lack of state funds. The facilities will be built using voter-approved bond funds, health insurance reimbursement fees and money from philanthropies.



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