Latest California Healthline Stories
Robotic Telemetry Expands Patient Care Options for Small Hospitals Throughout California
Jim Gude, an intensive care physician in Northern California, Ben Kanter of Pomerado Hospital in Escondido, Valerie Takes of Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol and Yulun Wang of InTouch Health discussed the trend with California Healthline.
California Hospitals Consider Environment in Projects To Comply With Seismic Safety Rules
Anna Gilmour Hall of Healthcare Without Harm, John Kouletsis of Kaiser Permanente and Walter Vernon, a consulting engineer, discuss efforts by hospitals to build environmentally friendly facilities.
California Lacks Health Professionals Other Than Doctors, Nurses
A new survey shows that a shortage of allied health professionals barely registers on the public radar. The California State University system is gearing up to address those shortages and fill new training needs.
New Group Represents Rural Health Clinics in California
Last week, rural health clinic officials formed a new California organization to educate and advocate on behalf of “one of the most misunderstood and overlooked pieces in the health system.” State officials say they are ready to work with the group.
Abortion Notification, Kids’ Hospitals Return to Ballot
Of the eight propositions so far to qualify for California’s November ballot, two deal with health care — a measure seeking to prohibit abortions for minors without family notification and a bond measure for children’s hospitals. Both might look familiar to Californians who voted in recent elections.
Patient Dumping Cases Spark $1 Million Settlement, New Law in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Special Prosecutor Jeffrey Isaacs, city council member Jan Perry and Jim Lott of the Hospital Association of Southern California spoke to California Healthline about recent ‘patient dumping’ cases.
Governor’s Proposed Cuts May Hurt Entire System, Not Just Medi-Cal, Experts Fear
Officials for groups representing physicians and hospitals, and an advocate from the Western Center on Law and Poverty predict that Gov. Schwarzenegger’s proposed Medi-Cal cuts will have a negative impact on the state’s overall health care system.
End-of-Life Care a Pressing Issue as Baby Boomers Age
As society’s approach to end-of-life issues changes, California health care officials and lawmakers are responding with new ways to help society confront mortality. California is one of the first states pursuing a new effort to offer curative and hospice care simultaneously to terminally ill children.
California Health Care Quality Dips Slightly in HHS Report Card
According to a national report card issued last week, the quality of California’s health care dropped slightly last year compared to the year before. Hospital officials and physicians welcome quality comparisons but urge patients and purchasers to keep report cards in context.
Medicaid Contractions Inspire New State, National Opposition
Proposals to cut back Medicaid spending at the federal level and in California are galvanizing the opposition and inspiring dark predictions of physician flight and growing barriers to care for beneficiaries.