Latest California Healthline Stories
Developmental Center To Lose Federal Funding After Serious Mistake
An incident involving an empty oxygen tank triggered decertification of several of the Sonoma center’s units, which will result in a loss of funding from the federal government. Gov. Jerry Brown has set the goal of shutting the center by 2018 as the state moves toward operating a limited number of smaller safety net and crisis residential services.
Modesto Planned Parenthood Clinic Remains Closed After Suspicious Fire
Investigators have no information on who may have been responsible, but they are classifying it as criminal, based on the type of fire that they found.
Anesthesiologist Accused Of Stealing Fentanyl And Other Drugs Agrees To Probation
Dr. Mary Anne Vreeke will be allowed to continue practicing medicine. She has been in recovery since 2013, says Peter Osinoff, her attorney.
Second Class Action Suit Filed Against Theranos
The suit claims Theranos breached its contract with the plaintiff by not drawing blood in the advertised, minimally invasive way.
One Of These Health Care Heroes Is Not Like The Others
Shiloh, a 4-year-old trained therapy beagle, was honored along with other volunteers as a 2016 Healthcare Hero. Shiloh visits patients at Sharp Grossmont Hospital’s cancer treatment and rehabilitation center, at Sharp HospiceCare LakeView home in La Mesa and in private hospital rooms.
Schmidt: Breakthroughs In Health Technology Will Change The World
Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt says he is particularly excited about advances in genetics and more personalized and efficient health care. In other health IT news, a CPR robot is helping firemen save lives.
2 Doctors Indicted In Scheme To Defraud Patients, Health Insurers
The alleged abuses include charging insurers for patients who were never examined, overstating patients’ conditions and the amount of time spent with them to bill more, and claiming patients were seen by doctors no longer with the practice.
Expert Provides Information On Meningitis After Sacramento Student Hospitalized
Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis, talks about the infection and its vaccine. In other news, UC Davis is hosting a forum on Zika on Thursday.
SoCal Gas Resumes Porter Ranch Cleanup After Quality Control Talks With County
Los Angeles County’s health department issued a stop-work order on Sunday after concluding the cleaning “did not comply with the Public Health cleaning protocol.”
The Facts That ‘Vaxxed’ Leaves Out
The controversial movie presents itself as a scientific documentary about vaccinations and autism, but it skates over backstory and events that could challenge its portrayal of a link. The Washington Post puts those in context.