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July 13th, 2026 By Emilia Ochoa-Ruiz, MS, PMP Recently, the California Telehealth Resource Center (CTRC) welcomed healthcare leaders, clinicians, innovators, policymakers, and community partners from across the country for its 14th Annual Digital Health Summit. Centered around the theme, Bridging the Gap: Digital Health and AI for Smarter Care, Stronger Teams, and Sustainable Healthcare, theRead more

This playbook is designed for telehealth coordinators, program managers, and operational teams responsible for implementing and managing digital health–enabled OUD and SUD services. It provides a practical, operations-focused framework that translates high-level strategy into clear workflows, staffing models, compliance processes, and performance measures. The playbook supports teams in building, optimizing, and sustaining digital health programsRead more

This toolkit is designed for healthcare leaders and implementation teams working to expand access to care for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use disorders (SUDs) through digital health. It provides a practical, strategy-focused overview of how to use tools such as telehealth, eConsults, remote monitoring, and virtual care coordination to improve access,Read more

June 8th, 2026 By Sylvia Trujillo, MPP, JD and Emilia Ochoa-Ruiz, MS, PMP Substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioid use disorder (OUD), remain one of the most significant public health challenges facing healthcare organizations and communities today. Recovery is rarely a straight path. Patients often navigate transportation challenges, stigma, workforce shortages, unstable housing, co-occurring behavioral health conditions, andRead more

May 18th, 2026 By Sylvia Trujillo, MPP, JD and Emilia Ochoa-Ruiz, MS, PMP Behavioral health access remains one of the most urgent and addressable challenges facing rural and underserved communities across California. While telebehavioral health is often considered one of the most established telehealth use cases, the conversation in 2026 has shifted beyond proving whether virtual care works. The focus is nowRead more

February 6th, 2026 By Sylvia Trujillo, MPP, JD and Emilia Ochoa-Ruiz, MS, PMP Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has moved well beyond pilot programs and novelty use cases. It is now a core digital health strategy supporting chronic disease management, post-discharge care, and what many clinicians call “care between visits.” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) definesRead more

Published December 10, 2025 By Emilia Ochoa-Ruiz, MS, PMP Manager, California Telehealth Resource Center Toolkit Spotlight: The AI C-Suite Overview Toolkit  Helping executives lead confidently into the future of healthcare innovation  If there’s one thing every healthcare executive can agree on right now, it’s this: the demands on leadership have never been higher. Shrinking workforces.Read more

Published November 20, 2025 By Laura Tyrone, JD, MPH California’s 2025 legislative session brought a clear focus on digital health: lawmakers doubled down on AI transparency and safety, advanced data-exchange and telehealth infrastructure, and continued to bolster patient privacy. Across committees, two themes dominated — oversight of AI used in or adjacent to clinical care,Read more

The California Telehealth Resource Center (CTRC), a federally funded nonprofit, is dedicated to the successful implementation of virtual care within California. Our mission goes beyond simply supporting the adoption of evidence-based digital health tools into clinical practice (telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and eConsults, for example); it’s about helping providers and patients navigate the complexities ofRead more