Independent Authority Could Fix L.A.’s Health Department

A "public-private independent health authority, created by state statute and governed by a board whose members all have appropriate experience in health care," would be more effective at overseeing Los Angeles County's health department than the Board of Supervisors, according to Robert Tranquada, an emeritus professor of medicine and public policy at USC.

• "Curing L.A. County's Ailing Health Department" (Tranquada, Los Angeles Times, 4/24).