Group photo of M2L cohort 5 at graduation in May 2023.

Emerging Leaders Give Me Hope for Health Equity in California

By Marie Hubbard, Senior Program Manager, Healthforce Center at UCSF Pictured above: Marie Hubbard (seated in maroon cardigan) joins a group photo of M2L cohort 5 at their graduation in May 2023. (...
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Healthforce Center's Journey to Advance Equity in Our Workplace

By Marie Hubbard, Senior Program Manager and Dr. Sunita Mutha, Director Photo: Healthforce Center staff volunteering at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in October 2023, from left: Kyoko Peterson,...
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How Hospitals and Health Systems Are Battling Burnout in Health Care

By Brianna Navarre. Reprinted with permission from US News and World Report. Pictured clockwise from top left: moderator Michael Morella, managing editor, U.S. News & World Report; Heather Farley...
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Strategies for Recruiting and Nurturing a Thriving Health Workforce

By the California Improvement Network Team at Healthforce Center Recruiting, nurturing, and retaining staff is an increasingly greater challenge for providers of community health and social services...
Photo of the 32 members of the CHCF Leadership cohort 23 at their first seminar together in December 2023.

Empowering 32 More Future Health Care Leaders

By Dr. Michelle Schneidermann, director of the California Health Care Foundation’s People-Centered Care Team Pictured above: The 32 members of cohort 23 of the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program at...
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Announcing Our New Initiative to Strengthen California’s Health Workforce

By Director Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, and Associate Director of Research Elizabeth Mertz, PhD   “We envision a collective effort that prioritizes systems and policy changes to advance the diversity and...
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California Needs Thousands of Nurses, but Leaders Can’t Agree on How to Fill Jobs

By Kristen Hwang. Reprinted with permission from CalMatters. Leer en espanol. Ashley Hooks always planned to retire at Lakewood Regional Medical Center, where she has been a nurse for 12 years. But...
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Understanding Indigenous Communities to Support Their Health Needs

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...
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Affirmative Action: How Will Court Ruling Affect Medical School Diversity?

California’s experience after Proposition 209 offers some clues and lessons By Robin Buller. Reprinted with permission from the California Health Care Foundation. The US Supreme Court outlawed the...
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New Payment Streams Boost the Community Health Worker/Promotores Field

  By 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...