Blog

First Primary Care Scorecard: What It Reveals and What Comes Next

March 20, 2023

Access to primary medical care is closely associated with better health outcomes for patients, fewer hospital visits, and longer life spans. Yet in the United States, primary care spending for all...

Photo of older man with a cowboy hat in a wheelchair at a sidewalk cafe

Rural America Faces Major Shortage of Personal Care Aides

January 23, 2023

New research selected by Health Affairs’ Editor in Chief as work that moves the field forward and needs more attention Personal care aides (PCAs) play a vital role in ensuring that people with...

Photo of person handing bags of food to another person.

Community-Based Organizations to Join Reimagined California Improvement Network

January 11, 2023

By Kathryn E. Phillips, Associate Director, California Health Care Foundation Photo: Brett Perkinson receives his weekly supply of medically tailored meals delivered from a community-based...

Photo of participants talking at M2L seminar

Community Clinic Workers in Los Angeles Now Invited to Build Leadership Skills

January 4, 2023

Applications for the Cedars-Sinai Managing to Leading program close Friday, March 17 Imagine spending a year with a small cohort of staff from other community clinics achieving personal development...

Photo of patient with leg injury being treated by three clinicians. Courtesy Kaiser Health News.

Rural Colorado Tries to Fill Health Worker Gaps with Apprenticeships

November 29, 2022

By Kate Ruder for Kaiser Health News. Reprinted with persmission. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to...

Photo of Nancy Oros Tinoco and Adolfo Gomez in a Salinas farm field.

Rural Seniors Reap Health Benefits from What UCSF First-Gen Nursing Program Sows

November 21, 2022

By Andrew Schwartz with photography by Elisabeth Fall. Reprinted with permission from the UCSF School of Nursing. The UCSF School of Nursing is partnering with Hartnell College to prepare first-...

Photo of three UCSF medical students working in a lab.

How to Increase Diversity in the Health Care Workforce Now

November 9, 2022

By Nabiha Siddiqui based on work by Sunita Mutha, Janet Coffman, Susan Chapman, and Rebecca Hargreaves, Healthforce Center at UCSF Photo: From the left: Maryam Alehashem, postdoctoral scholar,...

32 Clinicians Selected for Next Round of CHCF Leadership Program

October 20, 2022

By Dr. Michelle Schneidermann, director of CHCF’s People-Centered Care Team Thirty-two fellows have been selected for the next round of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program, which helps clinicians...

Illustration by Chanelle Nibbelink for CalMatters.

Unanswered Cries: Why California Faces a Shortage of Mental Health Workers

September 8, 2022

Published by CalMatters 9/08/2022 as part of their series on mental health care. Reprinted with permission. Illustration by Chanelle Nibbelink for CalMatters. The need for therapists, social workers...

Healthforce Center Welcomes Five Summer Interns to UCSF!

July 25, 2022

Healthforce Center at UCSF is pleased to welcome five interns this summer! Working with interns is just one way in which Healthforce Center advances health equity by building pipelines of diverse...