Union Points Fingers At Understaffing For High Rate Of Hospital-Acquired Conditions
But Stanford Health Care’s Ann Weinacker said after the news conference Tuesday that data presented by the union is outdated and the hospital’s infection numbers actually have improved since 2014.
The Mercury News:
Stanford Hospital Workers Highlight Hospital-Acquired Illness
Citing detailed federal data, Stanford Hospital union workers on Tuesday said patient and worker safety at the hospital is in jeopardy due to the risk of acquiring infections on site. At a news conference in front of the hospital, union leaders said the hospital system has been losing money since 2016 after the federal government reduced Stanford’s Medicare reimbursements 1 percent through 2017 as a result of the high infection rate. (Lee, 7/11)
In other hospital related news —
Fresno Bee:
Tulare Voters Oust Embattled Hospital Board Director
Tulare County voters on Tuesday recalled Dr. Parmod Kumar as director on the Tulare Local Health Care District board. With all four precincts reporting, 81 percent voted to recall Kumar and 19 percent voted to retain him. Turnout for the special election was very low, with ballots cast from less than 18 percent of the district’s 4,941 voters. Voters chose Senovia Gutierrez to replace Kumar on the board. (7/11)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
Sonoma County Approves Sale Of Old Santa Rosa Hospital Site To Housing Developer
Sonoma County supervisors signed off Tuesday on perhaps the largest sale of county land in a generation, unanimously approving an ambitious but controversial deal to transform the northeast Santa Rosa site of the former county hospital complex into a high-profile housing development. The 5-0 decision, the second of two formal votes to approve the real estate deal, clears the way for developer Bill Gallaher to pay as much as $11.5 million for the 82 acres off Chanate Road, where he proposes to build up to 800 rental units, plus housing for veterans, a grocery store, an amphitheater and other amenities. (Morris, 7/11)
San Diego Union-Times:
Sharp Hospital Volunteer Gives Babies A Big Welcome
For new parents at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, a program offering non-denominational blessings for their recently arrived bundles of joy is a lovely addition to an already miraculous experience. For volunteer Dawn Christiansen, welcoming these new arrivals into the world has been a blessing unto itself. And a bit of a miracle, too. ... Every Friday for the last two years, the Poway resident has put on her maroon volunteer smock and made her ... rounds at the hospital’s women’s health center. If a family has requested a blessing, she slips quietly into the room, sets the parents at ease with a little baby-related small talk, then she places her hand gently on the boy or girl of the hour and reads the words she never gets tired of sharing. (Peterson, 7/11)