FROM THE FOUNDATION

All Over the Map

Newly updated to include breast cancer, prostate cancer, and spine procedures, this CHCF-sponsored research shows that practice patterns vary dramatically from place to place.

Medi-Cal Transforms

Medi-Cal is the main source of health insurance for one in five Californians. An updated report gives an overview of the program's key features, describes how the program is evolving, and examines the challenges ahead.

Obama Care in the Second Term

CHCF is a long-time sponsor of the UC Irvine Forecast Conference. A webcast of this year's conference on health policy in President Obama's second term is now available.

Hospitals

Friday, November 11, 2011

Calif. Hospitals, Clinics Tap Medical-Legal Partnerships

California leads the nation in the number of medical-legal partnership projects aimed at addressing patient care issues. Under such partnerships, hospitals and community clinics add lawyers to medical teams in an effort to help resolve issues associated with "social determinants of health," such as housing, poverty and domestic violence. There are more than two dozen medical-legal partnerships in California.



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