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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.

Privacy

Monday, December 05, 2011

Contra Costa County Informs Patients of Privacy Breach

On Friday, Contra Costa County officials mailed letters to county hospital patients whose names unintentionally appeared online in a public document. Officials said the incident involves patients who were relieved of medical debt last year by county supervisors. An agenda item posted online contained more than 5,000 patient names and financial records, but no medical information. County Administrator David Twa said that the names have been redacted and that the state Department of Public Health was notified. Twa added that the county started an internal investigation last week.



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