Medical Group Named As A CDC Million Hearts Winner For Its Blood Pressure Work
To be a part of the initiative, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group had to show it was able to control high blood pressure in at least 70 percent of its patients.
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
CDC Names Sharp Rees-Stealy Among Top In Nation At Controlling Blood Pressure
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group is among 24 organizations nationwide recently honored for its work to control chronic high blood pressure among its patients. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named the group one of its “Million Hearts Hypertension Control Challenge” winners for 2017, an award which requires proof that doctors have been able to control high blood pressure in at least 70 percent of their patients. (Sisson, 11/15)
In other news around the state —
Modesto Bee:
In Case Unthinkable Happens, Modesto Students Train In How To Stop Uncontrolled Bleeding
When Stop the Bleed training — teaching students simple ways to stanch uncontrolled bleeding — was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at Johansen High School, there was no way to know it would come just one day after yet another mass shooting. (Farrow, 11/15)
Orange County Register:
8 Southern California Doctors, Health Providers Suspended From Workers’ Comp Program
A convicted child molester, a physician possessing child pornography, a doctor with dementia, and a healthcare marketer who participated in a $600 million kickback scheme are among those suspended from California’s Workers’ Compensation program in the latest enforcement round. (Roosevelt, 11/15)