One Physician's Leadership Journey

A California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) article featuring Geoffrey Leung, MD, EdM, describes the transformative experience he's had with our CHCF Health Care Leadership Program.

Healthforce faculty receive new investigator, mentorship awards

The leading forum on health services research, the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, takes place June 26-28 in Boston, and Healthforce Center faculty will take center stage with awards, presentations and posters.

Addiction treatment could have saved Prince and others

The death of Prince last month, at age 57, surprised the world. The outpouring of sadness at the loss of an iconic and gifted musician – whose music is part of the soundtrack of my own high school years – was expected. But the details of his death, and what appears to be a long struggle with...

Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care

Last week, I saw a patient, let’s call him Al. Al has two kids and a wife, and recently lost his job. Though he was able to find a new position, he continuously worries that he will be laid off again and this is now interfering with his daily life. As Al’s primary care physician, I used a...

Growing Demand, but Shrinking Supply of Long-term Care Workers

Health care has been, and will continue to be, the fastest growing employment sector, but many of those job openings may be difficult to fill, according to Bianca Frogner, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington and director of the Center for Health...

Safety Net Workers Embark on Leadership Journeys

This March, the ninth cohort of Clinic Leadership Institute Emerging Leaders launched in Tiburon, California. Over the next 18 months, participants will learn, share and grow into leaders who will help bring community health centers into the future. Since 2007, CLI's Emerging Leaders program has...

Five Ways to Make the US the Healthiest Nation in a Generation

The US spends more per person on health care than any other high-income nation, but has lower life expectancies and higher rates of chronic conditions, obesity and infant mortality. The American Public Health Association is rallying around a goal of making the US the healthiest nation in one...

San Francisco Sobering Center as Model for the Nation

The San Francisco Sobering Center, which provides safe, short-term sobering and care coordination for acutely intoxicated adults, has saved the health care system $3.5 million, according to new research by UCSF Nursing Health Policy PhD Student Shannon Smith-Bernardin.

Can Health Care Learn from Startups?

April 4 marks National Public Health Week and the challenge currently being addressed by the American Public Health Association is to make our nation healthier in one generation. According to the APHA, Americans live shorter lives and suffer more health problems than peers in other high-income...

Breaking Down Leadership Stereotypes on International Women's Day

On International Women's Day I want to make the case for advancing women as leaders in health care, but not in the way you might expect. I don’t want to complain about the fact that women make up just 34 percent of executives at the top 100 hospitals or 21 percent of board members at Fortune 500...