Hospital Roundup: Shuttered Tulare Hospital Seeks Funding To Reopen; The Air Pollution Problem
News outlets cover stories on hospitals and medical centers from around California.
KFSN:
Tulare Regional Medical Center Seeking Investors To Reopen Hospital, Date Still To Be Determined
The lights have been out at Tulare Regional Medical Center for over a month but families are far from discouraged. Instead, they crammed into the hospital's regular board meeting Wednesday. Taking the chance to start anew, personally. "I think they are amazing, I think their heart and soul is into opening up this hospital, and I want to come back," said former employee Nancy Korovilas. (Fan, 11/29)
Popular Science:
Hospitals Are Scrambling To Solve Their Air Pollution Issue
The health care group Kaiser Permanente saw desflurane use drop by almost 60 percent in its Northern California region after educating physicians and anesthesiologists about its environmental impact. “Our goal in the next few years is to eliminate it completely,” says Alan Zneimer, chair of the chiefs of anesthesia for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. Decreasing usage doesn’t change anything medically, Zneimer says, because there’s not much difference between desflurane and sevoflurane, which they still use. (Wetsman, 11/30)
HIT Consultant:
Tahoe Hospital Goes Live On Epic EHR For Single Unified Patient Record
Tahoe Forest Health System, working in partnership with Mercy Technology Services, has announced the go-live of its new Epic EHR system. The new Epic EHR system provides a new single unified patient record for the district hospital serving two rural counties across 3,500 square miles in California and Nevada. (Pennic, 12/1)
East Bay Express:
Alameda Health Systems Removes License Plate Reader Surveillance Camera From Highland Hospital In Oakland
A controversial automated license plate reader camera that was installed at the driveway entrance of Oakland's Highland Hospital in 2014 has been removed by the hospital. (BondGraham, 11/30)