Ensuring Access To Mental Health Services Ranks In Top Priorities For Californians In Poll
In the poll, when asked to assess what aspects of health care mattered most to them, survey respondents ranked expanding access to mental health care as most crucial.
Sacramento Bee:
Poll: Californians Want Leaders To Expand Mental Health Care
Californians indicated In a survey released Thursday that they want state leaders to put a priority on ensuring that people with mental health conditions can get access to treatment, with 49 percent saying it’s extremely important and 39 percent saying it’s very important. The Kaiser Family Foundation and California Health Care Foundation designed and conducted the poll of 1,404 Californians in November and December, looking to gauge health care priorities and experiences in a state considered a leader in health-care trends. (Anderson, 1/24)
In other public health news —
East Bay Times:
San Ramon Hospital Expanding Robotics Surgical Services
Thanks to new robotic machines, surgeons at San Ramon Regional Medical Center can now more precisely personalize knee replacements and improve minimally invasive surgery. The hospital allowed the public — and local high school students — to take the robots for a test drive Tuesday. Stryker Robotics’ Mako robotic-arm assisted technology helps personalize procedures to patients, according to a hospital release. (Kawamoto, 1/23)
San Francisco Chronicle:
Flu Season Has Arrived In The Bay Area. Here’s What You Need To Know
Local and state reports show that the flu season is well under way in the Bay Area, with the first deaths announced earlier this month. Now that the flu is again widely circulating, doctors, nurses and public health officials are closely watching several key surveillance reports to help them prepare for the season at hand. (Allday, 1/24)