CCHS News
SHARE Update:
We have completed the site visits with 25 counties that have an active CHI and/or a Healthy Kids program. We have successfully completed the first report of the study. The brief documents the outreach and enrollment strategies targeting children adopted by various counties in the state. We identify 10 types of outreach and enrollment strategies and chart how the strategies differed over time. The report Use of Outreach and Enrollment Strategies in California can be found by following the link below:
http://www.shadac.org/publications/use-outreach-and-enrollment-strategies-in-california
We are currently looking at county-level enrollment data for Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, and Healthy Kids from 2001-2008. A report on the enrollment trends will be published in the near future.
Health Consumer Alliance Children’s Almanac Update:
The release date of the report is October 15th , 2009.
COPE Project:
We are still in the data collection phase of the project. We are still currently conducting site visits to various clinics and reviewing patient charts.
United Way Homeless Project Update:
We are currently working on a snapshot of the current case-studies.
Health Reform Update:
We joined efforts with Dean Pulifiato and Keck School of Medicine to create a website that would provide an educational forum for the USC community to interactively discuss health reform.
For more information, go to www.healthreform.usc.edu