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NewsHospitals report to fight infections
Following state law, hospitals in California reported cases of healthcare-associated infections (HAI), including central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), Methicillin-resistant Read more...
14 hospitals to pay $850K fines for foreign objects, medication errors
Fourteen California hospitals, including Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital, Sutter Solano Medical Center, and University of California San Francisco Medical Center, face thousands Read more...
Hospitals dispute HHS infection data
New data posted to the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Hospital Compare website has sparked criticism from hospitals and health systems across the nation. While some hospitals Read more...
Officials skeptical of 'error-free' status at 87 hospitals
State officials in California suspect that dozens of hospitals have been fudging reports after not reporting any significant medical errors in the last three years, the Los Angeles Times reports. Read more...
California hospitals overbilled insurers to make up for lost profits, analysis concludes
California hospitals hospitals charged insurers 53 percent more than the cost of services they provided, according to an analysis of financial information from 300 hospitals between September 2008 Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: California hospitals slammed for care problems
California's health officials have issued another series of fines against hospitals that made serious mistakes in care. The hospitals, which were fined $25,000 each, were slapped for placing patients Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: California inmate release may send indigents to hospitals
Right now, California is in the process of instituting an inmate reduction program that should release thousands of old, sick prison inmates deemed as being no further threats to society. Some Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Low Medicare reimbursement rates hit IA, CA hospitals
Low Medicare reimbursement rates are a sore spot for many providers, but they seem to be a particular issue for hospitals in Iowa and California, according to a new report. Iowa hospitals, for Read more...
CA hospitals risk earthquake damage
Now here's a scary statistic: As many as half of California hospital facilities are at risk for earthquake damage--or even collapse--and won't meet state construction requirements, due largely to Read more...
CA was aware of problems at hospital doing questionable admissions
Earlier this month, a group of California hospitals made national headlines when the news broke that they'd allegedly been recruiting and admitting homeless patients and giving them questionable Read more...
| Press ReleasesHealthcare Workers Submit Bold Voter Initiative Package to Rein in Healthcare Costs, Ensure Charity Care for the NeediestOAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- California healthcare workers filed two statewide ballot initiatives with Attorney General Kamala Harris’s office Wednesday, Nov. 23 that give consumers needed Read more >> Specialists On Call Establishes the Largest Private Telestroke and Teleneurology Network in CaliforniaLeading Clinical Telemedicine Provider Adds Five More Hospitals in the Golden State WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), the nation’s leading provider of Read more >> Tenet Announces Jeffrey Koury to Lead Tenet’s California RegionDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that veteran Tenet executive Jeffrey Koury has been appointed senior vice president of operations for Tenet’s Read more >> El Camino Hospital Posts ED Wait Times OnlineConsistent, transparent monitoring so patients know what to expect MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- El Camino Hospital has launched a service on its website designed to provide patients with Read more >> New Device Puts the Freeze on Atrial FibrillationStanford Hospital Uses Balloon Catheter to Destroy Problem-causing Heart Tissue STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Stanford Hospitals & Clinics:Atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm, Read more >> |
