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[Podcast] How to Establish an Industry Collaboration Team to Pursue Industrywide Goals

[Podcast] How to Establish an Industry Collaboration Team to Pursue Industrywide Goals

November 01, 2022

The nation’s progress toward value-based care is impeded by the siloed nature of the healthcare industry. Joe Castiglione, principal program manager of Industry Initiatives at Blue Shield of California, shares how Blue Shield implemented an industry...

Closing the Gap Between Needs and Solutions: How Health Plans Can Support the Use of Data to Address Social Needs and Social Determinants of Health

Closing the Gap Between Needs and Solutions: How Health Plans Can Support the Use of Data to Address Social Needs and Social Determinants of Health

October 31, 2022

The communities in which we live have a tremendous impact on our health. Social determinants of health (SDoH), holistic health factors such as availability of affordable housing and healthy foods, and educational or employment opportunities, contribute...

To Advance Health Equity, California Must Shed “One Size Fits All” Approach to Care

To Advance Health Equity, California Must Shed “One Size Fits All” Approach to Care

Health care can be overwhelmingly complex, but when it comes to addressing the wide disparities in health access and outcomes exposed by COVID-19, getting started can be as simple as showing each person that they matter. That’s the important lesson we...

Innovation and Collaboration to Support Birth Equity – A Call to Action

Innovation and Collaboration to Support Birth Equity – A Call to Action

October 13, 2021

Our Black mothers in California are facing a health crisis . Black mothers face the highest rates of maternal mortality of any racial or ethnic group, four times more likely to die during childbirth than the general population.

Unlocking Race and Ethnicity Data to Promote Health Equity in California: Proposals for State Action

Unlocking Race and Ethnicity Data to Promote Health Equity in California: Proposals for State Action

Editor’s Note: COVID-19 has illuminated systemic racial and ethnic inequities in our health care system and catalyzed an unprecedented call to action to address their root causes.1 It also has revealed the dearth of reliable and standardized race and...