Latest California Healthline Stories
As Tri-City Gets New CEO, Earnings Report Shows Hopeful Financial Signs
The medical center has appointed its chief financial officer to the role of CEO after parting ways with Tim Moran.
Survey: Worker Satisfaction With Employer-Sponsored Health Care Slips
Twenty percent of the employees also said they would rather have higher wages in exchange for fewer health benefits.
Report Links More Patients’ Illnesses, Deaths To Medical Scopes’ Contamination
A regulatory report by device manufacturer Olympus Corp. found that hospitals have continued to use the medical device that was recalled in January. Meanwhile, a lawsuit is filed against another California company’s medical device used to treat aneurysms.
Seniors At Risk Of Dangerously Mixing Dietary Supplements And Medication, Report Finds
More than 15 percent of older Americans are at risk of a harmful drug reaction, which is nearly double what it was from the previous time period.
Telenovelas Used To Promote Safe Sex, HIV Testing
AltaMed Health Services, a not-for-profit chain of federally qualified health centers in Southern California, released the second season of its telenovelas in mid-March. And it’s not the only one utilizing that method to address behaviors that could lead to poor health outcomes.
Former Raiders To Honor Fallen Teammate By Donating Brains To CTE Research
“When you see your teammate deteriorate a lot through the end of his life, to see him go out like that, it brings us together,” said Art Thoms about Ken Stabler, who suffered from a mild to severe form of the disease associated with repeated blows to the head.
State’s Lead Cleanup Efforts Hampered By Concerns Over Privacy Of Blood Test Data
Experts say the information could be used to pinpoint the children most affected by the lead that spewed from the Exide battery plant in Vernon. But the state Department of Public Health says it is prohibited by medical privacy law from releasing data showing individual test results.
San Diego Has First Case Of Sexually Acquired Zika In California
The woman’s partner had been traveling in Colombia, and both have since fully recovered.
Viewpoints: The Price Of Dying; Birth Control At The Supreme Court
A selection of opinions on health care developments from around the state.
CBO: Health Law Costs Rising, In Part Due To Medicaid Enrollment Numbers
The Congressional Budget Office noted that other provisions in the Affordable Care Act will keep it from adding to the long-term debt of the country, and it says the total cost is 25 percent less than expected when the legislation was signed six years ago.