Latest California Healthline Stories
California Hospitals Taking Steps To Reduce Rates of Health Care-Associated Infections
Kim Delahanty of the UC-San Diego Health System, Kevin Reilly of the Department of Public Health and Debby Rogers of the California Hospital Association spoke with California Healthline about efforts to curb health care-associated infections.
Job Growth in California’s Health Care Sector Slowing to a Crawl Amid Ongoing Recession
Deloras Jones of the California Institute for Nursing and Healthcare, Dylan Roby of the UCLA School of Public Health and Neeraj Sood of the University of Southern California spoke with California Healthline about health care job growth.
State Braces for Shortage of Care Providers as Elderly Population Continues To Grow
Assembly member Mariko Yamada, René Seidel and Erin Westphal of the SCAN Foundation, Michelle Nevins of the Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center and Cheryl Phillips of On Lok Lifeways spoke with California Healthline about eldercare issues.
California Hospitals Begin Submitting Reports on Compliance With Seismic Safety Standards
Paul Coleman of OSHPD, Roger Richter of the California Hospital Association and former RAND researcher Charles Meade spoke with California Healthline about hospitals’ efforts to meet state earthquake safety standards.
Several Factors Contributing to California’s Record-Breaking Whooping Cough Epidemic
James Cherry of UCLA, Kathleen Harriman of the California Department of Public Health and Yvonne Maldonado of Stanford University spoke with California Healthline about the state’s recent whooping cough outbreak.
Little Hoover Commission Considers Ways To Optimize California’s Long-Term Care Services
Stuart Drown of the Little Hoover Commission, Eileen Kunz of On Lok PACE Partners, Stephen Moses of the Center for Long-Term Care Reform and Gary Passmore of the Congress of California Seniors discussed long-term care with California Healthline.
New Rules Requiring Health Insurers To Offer Preventive Services May Help Remove Barriers
Ned Calonge of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Tom Hubbard of the New England Healthcare Institute and Jerry Kominski of UCLA’s School of Public Health discussed the new rules with California Healthline.
New Study Linking End-of-Life Directives With Hospitalization Has Implications for California
Kenneth Brummel-Smith of Florida State University College of Medicine, Judy Citko of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California and Jeffrey Yee of Woodland Healthcare spoke with California Healthline about the study.
Officials, Health Care Providers Working To Reduce Patient Readmissions in California
Experts spoke with California Healthline about a recent report from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development that found more than one in three California hospital patients is readmitted within a year.
Proposal To Make California Hospital Prices More Transparent Advances After DOJ Ruling
Jan Emerson of the California Hospital Association, John Glynn of the California Health Care Coalition and David Hopkins of the Pacific Business Group on Health discuss an initiative to boost transparency of hospital prices in California.