LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pear Suite, a healthcare company working to empower community health workers (CHWs) and better address the social determinants of health (SDOH), announced they are participating in the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)’s statewide training program, Caring4Cal.

洛杉矶--（商业新闻短讯）--Pear Suite是一家致力于增强社区卫生工作者（CHW）能力并更好地解决健康的社会决定因素（SDOH）的医疗保健公司，宣布他们将参加加利福尼亚州卫生保健访问和信息部（HCAI）的全州培训计划Caring4Cal。

Caring4Cal is an innovative workforce development program aimed at expanding, enhancing, and strengthening the state's Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) workforce..

Caring4Cal是一项创新的劳动力发展计划，旨在扩大、增强和加强该州的家庭和社区服务（HCBS）劳动力。。

Caring4Cal is dedicated to meeting the unique healthcare requirements of rural communities, children with complex medical conditions, individuals with disabilities, and older adults within the Medi-Cal population. HCAI has endorsed 21 Grantee Training Partners, including Pear Suite, to deliver complimentary training courses in various languages, available both in-person and online.

Caring4Cal致力于满足农村社区、医疗条件复杂的儿童、残疾人和医疗人群中老年人的独特医疗保健需求。HCAI已批准包括Pear Suite在内的21个受赠培训合作伙伴，以各种语言提供免费培训课程，可亲自或在线提供。

Pear Suite currently serves one third of the Medi-Cal population and is committed to empowering, upskilling, and supporting the CHW workforce by partnering with local community-based organizations to offer soft-skills training courses open to any CHWs in California serving diverse populations..

Pear Suite目前服务于三分之一的Medi-Cal人口，并致力于通过与当地社区组织合作，为加利福尼亚州服务于不同人群的任何CHW提供软技能培训课程，从而赋予CHW员工权力，提高技能并支持CHW员工。。

“Traditionally, healthcare in the U.S. has centered upon medical procedures, medication prescriptions and sending patients to institutionalized care settings to treat illnesses. However, a better understanding of SDOH - such as food access, housing transportation, education, social connectivity, etc.

“传统上，美国的医疗保健主要集中在医疗程序、药物处方和将患者送往机构化护理机构治疗疾病。然而，更好地了解SDOH-例如食物获取、住房运输、教育、社会连通性等。

- and the crucial role they play in a person’s wellbeing and health outcomes has shifted perspectives and changed the way care is managed and delivered,” said Colby Takeda, CEO and co-founder of Pear Suite. “We recognize the importance of empowering and uplifting the frontline public health workforce to address SDOH in a culturally sensitive, person-centered way.

-Pear Suite首席执行官兼联合创始人科尔比·武田（ColbyTakeda）表示：“他们在一个人的福祉和健康结果中发挥的关键作用改变了人们的观点，改变了护理的管理和提供方式。”。“我们认识到授权和提升一线公共卫生工作人员的重要性，以文化敏感、以人为本的方式解决SDOH问题。

We anticipate our training initiative will benefit over 1,000 CHWs, and we greatly appreciate the HCAI’s support in making this possible.”.

我们预计我们的培训计划将使1000多名社区卫生工作者受益，我们非常感谢HCAI的支持。”。

To date, the Caring4Cal program has awarded $1,600,000 in incentives to more than 9,000 learners to enhance their knowledge and expand this segment of the health workforce, and the program is still enrolling new applicants. Current and aspiring licensed or certified healthcare providers and CHWs/Promotores/Representatives will have access to hundreds of free training courses to enhance their skills, knowledge and professional growth in HCBS.

迄今为止，Caring4Cal计划已经向9000多名学习者提供了160万美元的奖励，以提高他们的知识水平并扩大这一部分的卫生人力，该计划仍在招收新的申请人。目前和有抱负的持牌或认证医疗保健提供者和社区卫生工作者/推广员/代表将有机会参加数百个免费培训课程，以提高他们在社区卫生服务中的技能、知识和专业成长。

Pear Suite’s courses include cross-cultural communications, LGBTQ+ affirming care, Medi-Cal reimbursement, motivational interviewing, and working across diverse communities. The program runs through May 2024..

Pear Suite的课程包括跨文化交流，LGBTQ+肯定护理，医疗报销，动机访谈以及跨不同社区的工作。该计划将持续到2024年5月。。

To learn more or apply, please visit Caring California.

欲了解更多信息或申请，请访问加州关怀中心。

About Pear Suite

关于Pear Suite

Pear Suite is a digital health company that empowers community health workers to address the social determinants of health (SDOH). Through Pear Suite’s social care navigation platform, health plans, providers, and community-based organizations can boost member engagement, improve health outcomes, and reduce the cost of care in a person-centered, culturally, and linguistically centered way.

Pear Suite是一家数字健康公司，它授权社区卫生工作者解决健康的社会决定因素（SDOH）。通过Pear Suite的社会护理导航平台，健康计划，提供者和社区组织可以以以人为本，以文化和语言为中心的方式促进成员参与，改善健康结果，降低护理成本。

Pear Suite has supported dozens of organizations and impacted more than 25,000 lives by driving improvements that are often overlooked in the healthcare landscape. The company’s unique ability to combine software with tech-enabled services is significantly impactful for older adults, ethnic minority groups, and other medically-underserved groups.

Pear套件通过推动医疗保健领域经常被忽视的改进，为数十家组织提供了支持，并影响了25000多人的生活。该公司将软件与技术支持服务相结合的独特能力对老年人、少数民族和其他医疗服务不足的群体产生了重大影响。

For more information, please visit pearsuite.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter..

有关更多信息，请访问pearsuite.com或在LinkedIn和Twitter上关注我们。。