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  • Better Chronic Disease Care

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    Goal:
    To improve clinical outcomes and quality of life for Californians with chronic disease.

    Objectives:

    • Expand the number of providers who effectively care for patients with chronic conditions.
    • Increase the participation of patients and families in all aspects of care.
    • Promote appropriate care toward the end of life.

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    Featured Publications

    An Unprecedented Opportunity: Using Federal Stimulus Funds to Advance Health IT in California

    This issue brief examines how California can maximize the impact of the billions of dollars in federal funds made available by the 2009 economic stimulus bill, which offers unprecedented opportunities to speed health IT adoption in the state.

    Under the Microscope: Trends in Laboratory Medicine

    When Compassion Is the Cure: The Case for Hospital-Based Palliative Care

    The Wisdom of Patients: Health Care Meets Online Social Media

    Promoting Effective Self-Management Approaches to Improve Chronic Disease Care: Lessons Learned

    Whose Data Is It Anyway? Expanding Consumer Control over Personal Health Information

    Featured Projects

    Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

    POLST uses a standardized medical order form printed on brightly colored paper for health care professionals to indicate which types of life-sustaining treatment a seriously ill patient wants or doesn't want if their condition worsens.

    Diabetic Retinopathy Screening

    California Improvement Network

    Strengthening California's Safety-Net Clinics

    Frequent Users of Health Services Initiative

    ELINCS: Developing a National Lab Data Standard for EHRs

    Staff

    Sophia Chang, M.D., M.P.H.
    Director

    Veenu Aulakh, M.P.H.
    Senior Program Officer

    Jan Eldred, M.S.
    Senior Program Officer

    Kate O'Malley, R.N., M.S.
    Senior Program Officer

    Caron Lee, M.S.
    Program Manager, California Improvement Network

    Nandi Brown, M.S.W.
    Program Assistant

    Faith Wu
    Program Assistant

    Media Contact

    Marcy Kates, Communications Consultant
    510.587.3162