Latest California Healthline Stories
The Challenge For Police When Called To Situation Involving Mental-Health Crisis
In other mental health care news: Orange County’s efforts to improve services; and families struggle to find care needed for loved ones.
Stanford Ousted Suicidal Students From University And Housing, Lawsuit Alleges
In other news: Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’ returns with a new emphasis on suicide prevention efforts, but critics call for the series to do more; and the ongoing national shortage of mental-health resources limits care options.
State’s Aid-In-Dying Law In Judicial Limbo, Leaving Patients Uncertain
A court overturned California’s two-year-old physician-assisted suicide law, though a stay is in place. In other news, a loosely linked movement questions how, why and when we die, as well what constitutes a “good death.”
Concerns Rise As Sutter Hospitals Provide Few Details Following Crash Of Information System
While Sutter Health executive officer Sarah Krevans says everyone was provided “high-quality, safe patient care,” during the outage, patients, doctors and nurses describe a different picture.
Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare features a legal analysis of how those Trump administration rules could impact the health industry.
Trump Administration Move To Withdraw Family Planning Grants Would Impact 1M Low-Income Californians
The Trump administration’s proposal meets a key conservative goal: to withhold some federal funding for Planned Parenthood. The proposed rules would require facilities receiving Title X grants to be physically separate from those that perform abortion; would eliminate the requirement that women with unintended pregnancies be counseled on a full range of reproductive options; and would ban abortion referrals.
A selection of opinions on health care developments from around the state.
Trump Administration Imposes New Abortion Restrictions On Federally Funded Family Planning Clinics
The policy would mirror similar restrictions in place during the Reagan administration. The policy has been derided as a “gag rule” by abortion rights supporters and medical groups, and it is likely to trigger lawsuits that could keep it from taking effect.
Kaiser Permanente To Invest $200M Into Community-Based Efforts To Tackle National Homeless Crisis
The initiative is an example of how health care leaders are starting to look at homelessness and its ties to a healthier population overall.
San Diego Leaders Blasted For Inadequately Handling Hep A Outbreak
The review criticized the city’s poor coordination that delayed sanitation procedures that could have slowed the spread of the disease, especially among the homeless population. “The biggest lesson is that our community can’t put off difficult decisions on homelessness because it makes the problem worse,” San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said.