“We are very pleased that the California Department of State Hospitals selected our zero-emission, all-electric vehicles to move medical materials and transport cargo,” said Tim Reeser, CEO,Lightning Systems. “This is a very challenging time for all hospitals, and we send a...
CBS News California has identified a spike in the number of "sexually violent predators" who are being granted conditional release by the Department of State Hospitals amid an ongoing struggle to find appropriate housing for the men. The original reporting prompted several proposed changes to state...
CBS News California has identified a spike in the number of "sexually violent predators" who are being granted conditional release by the Department of State Hospitals amid an ongoing struggle to find housing for the men. The reporting prompted several proposed changes to state law, but, one by...
in 2016, a multifaceted initiative (a mentor-led collaborative to support hospital-level quality improvement initiatives and statewide interventions that affected all hospitals) was implemented in California to decrease the rates of cesarean delivery for nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) births...
The decision involved a 2015 lawsuit filed against the state Department of State Hospitals and Department of Developmental Services on behalf of five relatives of defendants who were found incompetent to stand trial. Due to lack of space, about 4,000 people each year who are de...
BACKGROUND:Hospitalization is a costly event that affects more than half of all TB patients in the United States. State-level hospitalization data are crucial in estimating the cost of TB disease and the financial impact of preventing TB.METHODS:We used California administrative hospital discharge da...
have finally caught a break. The California Department of Health's decision to authorize healthcare IT firm MEDHOST as having a Health Information Exchange (HIE) gives the Golden State's hospitals a powerful new ally for public health data reporting, as mandated by the Centers for Medicare & ...
LOS ANGELES - California released an update on the state's masking guidance. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Wednesday that it is updating the state's masking guidance by aligning with the CDC guidelines on recommending mask use for indoor settings. Accord...
"Many of our hospitals are at a tipping point, and even a small winter surge can have serious consequences for our health care system," said Tomas J. Aragon, director of the California Department of Public Health and the State Public Health Officer in a news release Wednesday. ...
CBS News California has identified a spike in the number of "sexually violent predators" who are being granted conditional release by the Department of State Hospitals amid an ongoing struggle to find housing for the men. The reporting prompted several proposed changes to state law, but, one by...