Adventist To Acquire Three Rural Clinics From Colusa Regional Medical Center
In other industry news, a study finds that less than half of stroke patients in California hospitals were asked their preferences about life-saving measures, while the California Department of Public Health warns state facilities to be on alert for fentanyl overdoses.
The Sacramento Business Journal:
Adventist Health Buys Three Rural Clinics From Failing Hospital
Roseville-based Adventist Health has agreed to acquire three rural health clinics from Colusa Regional Medical Center as that hospital prepares to close. The move preserves some health care options for Colusa-area residents, who are facing the demise of that city's only hospital and emergency medical center. The rural health clinics provide non-emergency primary care in Arbuckle, Williams and Colusa, where the clinic is located at the 48-bed medical center. (Anderson, 4/21)
Reuters:
Patient Preferences Not Often Asked After Stroke Hospitalization
Less than half of stroke patients who were hospitalized and died within 30 days had their preferences for lifesaving measures recorded in a recent study of California hospitals. (Doyle, 4/21)
Payers & Providers:
CDPH Warns Hospitals On Fentanyl
In response to a large number of drug overdoses and deaths recently reported in Sacramento County, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a health alert regarding use of the anesthetic drug fentanyl. (4/21)