Introducing the 2025 cohort of the Cedars-Sinai Managing to Leading Program
By Healthforce Center on
Pictured: M2L cohort 8 at their inaugural seminar in May 2025.
AI and the Health Care Workforce
By Tram Cat, PharmD and Sunita Mutha, MD on
Health care has long used technology to improve patient care. Electronic health records are one of the most profound examples of technology that has reshaped work and jobs in health care. Now, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), many believe this technology can help health care workers…
Policy at Healthforce: How Community Feedback Shaped Our Research Agenda for 2025
By Policy at Healthforce on
Listening to Community Voices: A Health Plan’s Approach to Improving Maternity Care
By California Improvement Network on
Through structured conversations, interviews, interactions, and observations of in-person activities with providers, health plan members, and CBOs, Molina Healthcare identified three essential learnings that might be helpful to other organizations collaborating with communities on reducing racial…
Going Beyond ROI to Create Cultures of Equity: How Internal DEIB Impacts Community Health Outcomes
By By Jenn Schindel, PhD on
Health care leaders are asked to demonstrate how internal organizational diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) investments impact community health equity outcomes. To answer this question, Healthforce Center at UCSF, as part of their work leading the California Improvement Network (CIN…
Clinicians Selected for California Health Care Leadership Program
By By Mariana Torres, MSW, Senior Program Officer at the California Health Care Foundation on
Thirty-two fellows have been selected for the next cohort of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program, which helps clinicians improve the operations of safety-net institutions and the overall health care system in California.
Unlocking Economic Benefits in Long-term Care Through Strategic Investment in Nursing
By By Joanne Spetz, Roy A. Thompson, and Laura M. Wagner on
Chapter 9 excerpted from "The Economic Power of Care: Our Nurses. Our Future" published by the International Council of Nurses. 
Introducing the 2024 Cohort of the Managing to Leading Program
Affirmative Action: How Will Court Ruling Affect Medical School Diversity?
By By Robin Buller. Reprinted with permission from the California Health Care Foundation. on
California’s experience after Proposition 209 offers some clues and lessons
The US Supreme Court outlawed the use of affirmative action on June 29, deciding that race and ethnicity can no longer be considered primary factors in university admissions.
California Needs Thousands of Nurses, but Leaders Can’t Agree on How to Fill Jobs
By By Kristen Hwang. Reprinted with permission from CalMatters. on
Reprinted with permission from CalMatters.
Announcing Our New Initiative to Strengthen California’s Health Workforce
By By Director Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, and Associate Director of Research Elizabeth Mertz, PhD on
Empowering 32 More Future Health Care Leaders
By By Dr. Michelle Schneidermann, director of the California Health Care Foundation’s People-Centered Care Team on
Pictured: The 32 members of cohort 23 of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program at their first seminar together in December 2023 (photo credit: Melissa Lucas).