Latest California Healthline Stories
Hospital Council To Ask Los Angeles County Supervisors Not To End Inpatient Services at Facility
The 21-member High Desert Hospital Advisory Council plans to ask Los Angeles County superviors at a public hearing today to “spare” inpatient services at the Antelope Valley hospital, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Examines Racial Disparities in Health Care
As part of its monthly series on racial disparities in health care, “The Colors of Care,” the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today reports on the lack of African-American doctors in Pittsburgh, Pa., and across the nation.
“More people will go into nursing, and choose a hospital setting, when the pay and respect they find at work equals their commitment to patient care as a meaningful career,” according to a San Jose Mercury News editorial.
Wall Street Journal Examines FDA’s High Rate of Employee Attrition
The Wall Street Journal today examines the high rate of employee attrition at the FDA, where “employee burnout” is threatening to “slow the pharmaceuticals-approval process.”
National Hispanic Medical Association Calls For ‘Binational’ Health Care To End Inequalities
The U.S. government must work to end inequalities in health care for Hispanics and “other culturally and ethnically diverse” populations, the National Hispanic Medical Association said Saturday at a two-day conference on health disparities, the Houston Chronicle reports.
CalPERS May Offer Tiered Hospital Plan To Reduce Costs
The California Public Employees Retirement System may move to a tiered hospital plan that would require member to pay higher out-of-pocket costs at more expensive hospitals, the AP/Sacramento Bee reports.
HHS is reviewing the federal funding for more than a dozen AIDS organizations, many of which participated in a demonstration against HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson during the XIV International AIDS Conference last month, the Washington Post reports.
Davis Calls for Greater Federal Oversight of Ephedra, Says He Supports State Regulatory Legislation
Gov. Gray Davis (D) on Friday sent a letter to the FDA “demanding that [it] take action to investigate complaints” about the safety of the herbal supplement ephedra, adding that he supports state legislation (SB 1750) to ban the sale of ephedra to minors, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Assembly Health Committee Approves Legislation To Protect Washington Hospital
The Assembly Health Committee on Friday approved a bill (SB 2027) that would prevent the launch of new general acute care hospitals within Washington Township Health Care District in most cases, the Oakland Tribune reports.
Los Angeles Superior Court To Hear First Tobacco Lawsuit Tried Under New Evidence Rules
A tobacco lawsuit scheduled to begin Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court could “determine if new rules of evidence in California tobacco cases can help cigarette makers halt a string of disastrous courtroom losses,” the Los Angeles Times reports.