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California Needs Thousands of Nurses, but Leaders Can’t Agree on How to Fill Jobs
09-15-23
By Kristen Hwang. Reprinted with permission from CalMatters.
Understanding Indigenous Communities to Support Their Health Needs
08-17-23
California Improvement Network Team
Indigenous communities in California and throughout the United States face striking health disparities. At 71.8 years, American Indian and Alaska Native individuals have the lowest life expectancy compared with other races and ethnicities. Affirmative Action: How Will Court Ruling Affect Medical School Diversity?
07-03-23
By Robin Buller. Reprinted with permission from the California Health Care Foundation.
California’s experience after Proposition 209 offers some clues and lessons
Affirmative Action: How Will Court Ruling Affect Medical School Diversity?
07-03-23
By Robin Buller. Reprinted with permission from the California Health Care Foundation.
California’s experience after Proposition 209 offers some clues and lessons
New Payment Streams Boost the Community Health Worker/Promotores Field
06-21-23
Jacqueline (Jackie) Miller, Senior Research Data Analyst, Healthforce Center at UCSF
In California, one of the most culturally diverse states in the country, health care must bridge cultural and linguistic divides to serve all communities equitably. As trusted community members with lived experience, community health workers and promotores de salud (CHW/Ps) are increasingly... Planning for the Inevitable: Succession Planning for Senior Leaders
05-30-23
California Improvement Network Team
Succession planning is an often-neglected undertaking. It can be challenging to prioritize this essential task when teams are consumed with day-to-day operations. Some leaders struggle to face the possibility of a transition and delay thinking about the inevitable. Similarly, others may not want to... Dr. Sunita Mutha on California’s Primary Care Shortage
05-19-23
Introducing the New Cohort of the Managing to Leading Program
05-02-23
Equitable Co-design in Health Care: How to Incorporate Community Voices to Impact Systems
04-08-23
California Improvement Network Team
While many health care organizations recognize the urgency of addressing inequities in health, efforts to do so are often slow, incremental, or incomplete. The health care system at large struggles to meaningfully incorporate and center “end users” of services (such as patients, administrative... First Primary Care Scorecard: What It Reveals and What Comes Next
03-20-23