FROM THE FOUNDATION

Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

And the Winner Is...

See how human-centered designers answered our challenge to encourage more people to complete advance directives and document their end-of-life wishes.

Ready or Not

Even with new federal resources to help, a study finds that communities with weaker safety-net systems are lagging in preparations for health reform.

Health Care Costs

Friday, May 18, 2012

Survey: Health Costs a Top Issue for S.F. Small Businesses

Sixty-six percent of small business owners in the San Francisco Bay Area who responded to a Bank of America survey said that employee health care costs are a key concern relating to the economy's effects on their business. At least 52% said they were confident about economic improvement in the next 12 months.



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