California Health Care Safety Net Institute

This year’s Quality Leaders Awards winners demonstrate just how far California’s public hospital systems have come in their journeys to system-wide transformation. Two short videos featuring this year’s top winners, San Francisco General Hospital for the SFDPH Quality and Leadership Academy and Harbor-UCLA’s Reducing Readmissions for a High-Risk Population, are available here. Click here to learn more.

helping public hospitals systems improve patient and community health

helping public hospitals systems improve patient and community healthCalifornia's public hospital systems are comprised of 19 public, academic medical centers and comprehensive health care systems working on the front lines of health care in California.  Click here or on the map icon to learn more about California's public hospital systems.

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SNI Partner Provides Incentive for Medi-Cal Patients Who Want to Quit Smoking

The Medi-Cal Incentives to Quit Smoking project (MIQS), with help from SNI, seeks to encourage Medi-Cal enrolled patients who want to quit smoking by offering a $20 gift card for seeking cessation help ... more
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Lean Site Visit: Stanford Hospital and Clinics California public hospitals engaged in Lean system-wide transformation will have the opportunity to learn about Lean efforts underway at Stanford.

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SNI strives to enhance the quality

SNI strives to enhance the quality of care delivered at California public hospital systems to ensure healthy outcomes.

SNI promotes efficient and organized public hospital system delivery models

SNI promotes efficient and organized public hospital system delivery models, enabling easy access to well-coordinated care for the most patients possible.

SNI aims to eliminate health care disparities

SNI aims to eliminate health care disparities to ensure that the services provided at California public hospital systems are tailored to the unique needs of each patient, thereby equalizing the opportunity for optimal health.