FROM THE FOUNDATION

Paper to Electronic Charts Made Easy

Community clinics with experience making the transition from paper to electronic records share the strategies, techniques, and insights they learned along the way.

Among Hospitals, A Special Critical List

People in rural and remote areas throughout California depend on critical access hospitals. This paper tracks the changing landscape and financial health of these small but important institutions.

Telehealth Project to Provide Dental Care

Low-income families will receive free dental care, thanks to the Virtual Dental Home, a telehealth project supported by CHCF and other funders. The four-year pilot project will eventually operate in nine California communities.

Special Reports

03/11/2010

Expert Touts Need for Quality Reporting To Produce Data for Patients, Not Just Practitioners

VideoR. Adams Dudley, an associate professor of medicine and health policy at UC-San Francisco, shared his thoughts about health care quality reporting initiatives and strategies for improving these efforts.

02/12/2010

Shift in Economic Conditions Diminishes Job Prospects for Nursing School Graduates in Calif.

AudioKathleen Dracup of the UCSF School of Nursing, Jan Emerson of the California Hospital Association, Deloras Jones of the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care and Brandy Logue of Samuel Merritt University share their thoughts on the situation.

01/28/2010

New Program Brings Health Care Stakeholders Together To Curb Hospital-Acquired Infections

AudioGene Grigsby of the National Health Foundation, Leslie Margolin of Anthem Blue Cross, Jon Rosenberg of DPH and the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California's Mary Lopez and Scott Seamons shared their thoughts on the new initiative.

01/15/2010

Health Advocates, Legislators See Little To Like in Governor's Proposed Health Program Cuts

AudioCarla Kakutani of the California Academy of Family Physicians, Wendy Lazarus of the Children's Partnership, Assembly member Jim Nielsen and Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg discussed the governor's plan.

01/11/2010

New Jobs Training Effort Could Strengthen California's Allied Health Care Work Force

AudioJay Bhattacharya of Stanford University's Center for Health Policy and Cathy Martin of the California Hospital Association spoke with California Healthline about the possible impact of health care worker training programs.

12/23/2009

Federal Stimulus Funds Aim To Help Medi-Cal Providers Adopt Electronic Health Record Tools

AudioKim Ortiz of the Department of Health Care Services, Sean South of the California Primary Care Association and Mary Szecsey of West County Health Centers spoke with California Healthline about the new federal funds.

12/15/2009

New National Nurses Union Could Exert More Pressure on State, National Health Care Policy

AudioDeborah Burger of the California Nurses Association and the National Nurses Union and Harley Shaiken of UC-Berkeley spoke with California Healthline about a recent merger between three large nursing unions.

12/07/2009

County Leaders Look to Reform Bills To Help Strengthen California's Local Health Services

AudioTangerine Brigham of Healthy San Francisco, Marty Fenstersheib of Santa Clara County's health office and Tom Joseph of the California State Association of Counties spoke with California Healthline about public services.

11/25/2009

Senate Bill Could Dilute Consumer Protections by Creating Interstate Market for Health Plans

AudioJerry Flanagan of Consumer Watchdog, Nadereh Pourat of UCLA, J.P. Wieske of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance and Mike Larsen, a spokesperson for Rep. Jackie Speier, spoke with California Healthline about the proposal.

11/19/2009

California's Safety Net Health Centers Seeing More Low-Income Patients, Less State Funding

AudioCarmela Castellano-Garcia of CPCA, Melissa Stafford Jones of CAPH and William Walker of Contra Costa Health Services spoke with California Healthline about growing strain on the state's safety net health care system.

11/11/2009

New Grants Aim To Help California Scientists Leverage Stem Cells for Medical Research

AudioDonald Kohn of UCLA's Human Gene Medicine Program, Bettina Steffen of CIRM and Irving Weissman of Stanford University's stem cell biology institute spoke with California Healthline about the recent research grants.

10/30/2009

Non-Native English Speakers Face Numerous Linguistic, Cultural Barriers to Medical Care

AudioMary Masland of UC-Berkeley, Rachel Mutrux of the Missouri Telehealth Network, Margaret O'Kane of NCQA and Gayle Tang of Kaiser Permanente discussed intercultural communication challenges with California Healthline.

10/23/2009

Recent Injunction Blocking In-Home Care Cuts Highlights Impact of Reducing Safety-Net Care

AudioMelinda Bird of Disability Rights California, Laura Dunn of UC-San Francisco and Joseph Hafkenschiel of the California Association for Health Services at Home spoke with California Healthline about the recent ruling.

10/15/2009

Consumer Advocates, Health Insurers Support Reform Proposals That Boost Preventive Care

AudioTom Epstein of Blue Shield of California, Robert Pearl of the Permanente Medical Group and Anthony Wright of Health Access spoke with California Healthline about health care reform proposals designed to promote wellness.

09/30/2009

Health Care Reform Debate Roiled by Concerns Over Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants

AudioImmigration attorney Sonal Ambegaokar, Anthony Cava of DHCS, Kathleen King of the Santa Clara Family Health Foundation and Yeh Ling-Ling of Alliance for a Sustainable USA discussed the debate with California Healthline.

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