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Medical Care
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Friday, November 21, 2008
Kaiser gets top rating on HMO score card
Business |
November 21, 2008
Kaiser Permanente got a perfect four stars for medical care on an annual HMO score card that California officials hope consumers will use to shop for health coverage. Read more
Monday, November 17, 2008
A heart-and-mind link
Health |
November 17, 2008
Healing an injured or poorly functioning heart requires attention to a patient’s mental well-being as well as to his or her physical health – so much so that in October, the American Heart Assn. Read more
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Remedy to cut hospital crowds
California | Local |
November 15, 2008
For generations, County-USC has been seen as the hospital of last resort. Read more
Monday, November 10, 2008
Spotting a good, or a bad, nurse
Health |
November 10, 2008
Over the last two years, I have spent a significant amount of time in hospitals in L.A. and Chicago because of medical crises with various members of my extended family. Read more
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Patients being moved to the new, improved – smaller – County-USC
California | Local |
November 8, 2008
For three-quarters of a century, the county’s flagship public hospital called a cavernous Depression-era building home. Read more
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Ticket to treatment
Business |
November 2, 2008
When Andy Dijak injured his right knee playing tennis, he wasn’t surprised that he needed surgery. Read more
Going abroad for more expertise
Business |
November 2, 2008
Low cost isn’t the only reason Americans are traveling to foreign countries for healthcare. Read more
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Dialysis dilemma: Who gets free care?
California | Local |
October 29, 2008
Roughly 2,000 times over the last 17 years, Marguerita Toribio, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, has climbed into a cushioned recliner for the three-hour dialysis treatment that keeps her alive. Read more
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Judge sets hearing on funding for California prison medical care
California | Local |
October 9, 2008
A federal judge today gave state officials nearly three weeks to explain how they will transfer $250 million to the overseer of medical care in state prisons. Read more
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Burned migrants on a grueling road to recovery
California | Local |
October 7, 2008
They arrived by ambulance every half-hour, their blistering wounds caked in soot and mud. Read more
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Space, staffing worry county hospital
California | Local |
October 5, 2008
For months, officials at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center have been buzzing with excitement about the anticipated opening of their new home. Read more
Friday, September 26, 2008
State will oversee hospital
California | Local |
September 26, 2008
UCI Medical Center has been placed under state supervision because of its anesthesiology department’s “inability to provide quality healthcare in a safe environment,” according to a federal report released Thursday. Read more
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Afghan youth loses his legs and gains hope
California | Local |
September 24, 2008
For those at Loma Linda University who still haven’t met the cheerful amputee tooling about campus in his wheelchair, he’s made up business cards: “Visitor from Afghanistan Mohammad Malek,” they say, followed by a Kabul phone number. Read more
Friday, September 19, 2008
18 arrested in alleged $33-billion Medicare fraud schemes
California | Local |
September 19, 2008
For an ex-con fresh out of Chino State Prison, Donald Noyola seemed to be wildly exceeding expectations – on paper, anyway. Read more
Full hospital staffing pledged
California | Local |
September 19, 2008
Earlier this week, the dean at USC’s Keck School of Medicine warned of an “impending patient safety crisis” at the new County-USC Medical Center set to open next month, telling Los Angeles County supervisors in a letter that he was concerned that the hospital “will not be able to operate safely with the current staffing available.” Read more
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
State asks judge to reject fund seizure
California | Local |
September 17, 2008
California Atty. Read more
Monday, September 15, 2008
Not just a doctor, he’s a ringmaster too
Health |
September 15, 2008
SOMETIMES MY work as a doctor feels like a regular three-ring circus. Read more
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
10% at King had criminal records
California | Local |
September 9, 2008
More than 10% of the Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital employees whose backgrounds were examined by the county had criminal histories, according to a long-awaited analysis released Monday that also found the King nurses provided inferior care. Read more
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Whistle-blowers play large role in uncovering healthcare fraud
National |
September 2, 2008
Insiders aid in healthcare fraud cases
Whistle-blowers have helped authorities recover at least $9.3 billion from healthcare providers accused of defrauding states and the federal government since 1996, according to an analysis of Justice Department records. Read more
Friday, August 22, 2008
Protecting health workers’ beliefs
National |
August 22, 2008
The Bush administration Thursday announced plans to implement a controversial regulation designed to protect antiabortion healthcare workers from being required to deliver services against their personal beliefs. Read more
