Latest California Healthline Stories
With Merger, Medical Record Companies Hope To Offer ‘360 Degree View’ Of Patient
The goal would be to give hospitals and doctors a single place to get patient information culled from medical records and insurance claims.
Brown Presents Budget That Doesn’t Take Repeal, Replace Into Account
Gov. Jerry Brown says it’s going to be a “rough ride” as he lays out his fiscal vision for the state.
Program That Trains Psychologists On How To Treat Abused Youths Expanding
The Casa Pacifica agency was awarded a $300,000 grant to continue to focus on treating abused, neglected and at-risk youth through its broad-based programs.
The Year Tobacco Taxes Were Rejected At The Ballots — Except For California’s
In other states, the tobacco industry’s war chest crushed supporters of the taxes, but in California advocates were able to get the message across to voters.
Biden Presses Health Care Leaders To Expand The Battle Against Cancer
In speeches on the West Coast, the vice president says he will continue his campaign to find cures for the deadly disease and extolled young researchers to find new remedies through their “overwhelming skepticism for orthodoxy.”
Instrument Slashes Average Time It Takes To Sequence Human Genome To One Hour
llumina’s new developments may help cement the practice of using genome sequencing in standard medicine.
Back In Bay Area: Biotech CEO Takes On New Challenge With Startup Targeting HIV
“I found [Vir Biotechnology] compelling because of the need and the public health issues around the world — in the developing world and the developed world. So there’s a human need and a financial return,” former Exelixis Inc. CEO George Scangos says.
GOP Leaders Remain Resolute On Quick Repeal Vote Despite Unease Brewing In Ranks
The lawmakers are facing dissent from their own party by members who are concerned that there is no plan on how to replace the health law after Congress votes to repeal it. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats protested Republicans’ actions with nearly six hours’ worth of speeches on the floor on Monday night, and HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell warns that the GOP’s promises on health care are too good to be true.
Despite State Law, If ACA Is Repealed Many Women May Lose Free Contraception
California’s Comprehensive Coverage Equity Act requires private plans and Medi-Cal to cover all prescribed FDA-approved contraceptives without cost sharing, but that won’t matter if the women can’t get insurance, some say.
Program To Bring Free Health Education To Impoverished Neighborhoods
“Education is the key,” says Kortney Lucero, an assistant nurse manager who is participating in the community nursing program.