How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Nursing Workforce

“Whenever somebody says, I think we have a nursing shortage, I think the answer we should all provide to that is, what do you mean by shortage? And where is it happening? It's really almost the beginning of the question, not the answer,” said Dr. Joanne Spetz, associate director of research at...

Is Cultural Competence Training a Solution to Structural Racism in Health Care?

One of my passions in my work here at Healthforce Center at UCSF is advancing culturally competent care for all patients. Having served on multiple panels and boards, including the Joint Commission’s Expert Advisory Panel to develop standards for culturally competent care, I believe this is one...

Announcing the Fourth Cohort of the Cedars-Sinai Managing to Leading Program

Thirty mid-level clinicians and administrative staff who work in community health centers and other safety-net organizations in Los Angeles have been selected to participate in Cedars-Sinai’s Community Clinic Initiative: Managing to Leading (M2L) program.

Healthforce Center: A Collective Force for Health, Equity, and Action

I always breathe more deeply when the smells of spring begin to fill the air here in San Francisco. But this spring feels extra special, as I see my patients, colleagues, and loved ones getting their COVID-19 vaccinations, and we begin to exhale a sigh of relief. Day by day, I feel more hopeful in...

OpEd: COVID-19 Reveals Need to Increase Diversity Among California Physicians

COVID-19 has revealed serious flaws in our health system, but none is more distressing than the deep racial and ethnic inequality exposed by the pandemic. With Latinx and Black people dying at higher rates than the rest of the population, communities of color are much more likely than other groups...

Reflections on Leadership: Being Intentional About How to Approach What’s Next

As we look forward from this recent presidential election, there is a lot to celebrate given the huge success of “get out the vote” efforts. However we might feel about the results of the state and presidential elections, there are important reflections about where we are at this moment in time and...

Drivers for Change in the Disability Rights Movement: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy and the Case for Evidence-based Research

The late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dream of becoming a “great diva” did not come to fruition in the truest sense, but she sang her opinions from the highest court in the land, and they reverberated throughout the United States.

How Adverse Childhood Experiences Shape Health Care: In Conversation with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

On September 24, the state of California’s first-ever Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, spoke to the alumni of the California Health Care Foundation’s (CHCF) Health Care Leadership program about her frontline experience with trauma-informed care, including her focus on Adverse Childhood...

Innovations, Failures, and Leadership Lessons During the COVID-19 Pandemic

On September 18, Dr. Mitch Katz, President and CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals, shared with California Improvement Network (CIN) partners at the fall CIN partner meeting about his experience leading the largest public health care system in the United States as it became the epicenter of the COVID-19...

Leading Beyond the Crisis: What Leaders Should Know

For nearly three decades Healthforce Center has been training health care leaders at all levels — from emerging to executive levels. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been steadily hearing from alumni of Healthforce’s leadership programs about the experience of leading in a...