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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.

Health IT

Friday, October 19, 2012

Kaiser EHR Study Finds Few Patients Exercise Regularly

A study of 1.8 million Kaiser Permanente patients in Southern California between April 2010 and March 2011 found that 86% of patients had their exercise habits included in their electronic health records. However, the study found that only one-third of those patients were meeting national guidelines for physical activity.



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