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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

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Lawsuit Filed Over Health System's Exposure of Data

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against St. Joseph Health System for allegedly allowing data on 31,800 California patients to be searchable online. St. Joseph Health operates several hospitals in California. According to a St. Joseph Health spokesperson, the suit is one of five filed against the health system for accidental release of information.



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