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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.

Patient Safety

Thursday, April 12, 2012

FDA Expected To Overhaul Device Safety Monitoring

This month, FDA is expected to unveil an improved medical device safety monitoring and reporting program that is aimed at identifying and removing faulty devices from the market earlier. The agency is facing pressure from physicians to strengthen the program after a wave of faulty heart-defibrillator wires were linked to patient injuries and deaths.



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