MORE ON: California hospitals

Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Some counties requiring health workers to get flu vaccine

December 12, 2012, 4:01 PM
In an effort to prevent health care workers from spreading the flu to patients this winter, county health officials are mandating that medical staff around the Bay Area receive vaccinations or wear a surgical mask on the job. Health officials say flu vaccination rates among health care workers... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Money and Politics

Nonprofit hospitals' charity care faces legislative scrutiny

August 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
Nonprofit hospitals in California are facing new scrutiny over whether they are doing enough for the public to justify their tax-exempt status. The Legislature expects these hospitals to provide community benefits such as free or reduced-priced health care for the poor, known as charity... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Report: Hospital errors cause 15,000 deaths per month

November 17, 2010, 12:06 AM
A major federal study released yesterday suggests that state regulators aren't getting the full story from California hospitals when it comes to reporting serious lapses in care. And if the results of the nationwide probe apply here, hospitals could be withholding reports of as many as 20,000... + read more
Anita Cook worked at Kindred Healthcare's San Leandro hospital for 16 years but said managers did not share potential dangers.
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

State doing little to track hospitals with severe earthquake safety risks

November 6, 2010, 2:05 PM
State authorities and hospital officials have discovered serious structural weaknesses at more than a dozen hospital buildings, but they have taken few steps to notify the public about the facilities or require a detailed inventory of hundreds of other potentially dangerous sites. + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

Common questions about hospital seismic safety evaluations

November 6, 2010, 2:05 PM
Find answers to common questions about earthquake safety in California hospitals. + read more
Screenshot of map showing hospitals at risk in an earthquake
Data: Health and Welfare

Which hospitals have the highest known risk of quake collapse?

November 6, 2010, 2:05 PM
This map shows the location of hospitals with buildings that have a 10 to 32 percent chance of collapsing in an earthquake. Click on the links below to see more information about the 14 buildings located at these hospitals. + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Bedsores, botched surgeries top list of hospital problems

October 21, 2010, 12:05 AM
No California hospital sent parents home with the wrong baby and no patient was cared for by someone impersonating a licensed health provider, according to data that hospitals reported to the state. However, a summary report [PDF] prepared by the state Department of Public Health shows that... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Hospital has high death rate for heart surgeries

October 20, 2010, 12:05 AM
The California hospital with the highest rate of deaths associated with heart bypass surgery was also in the middle of the pack in terms of charging patients for the procedures, according to data released yesterday by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The report looks at... + read more
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Data: Health and Welfare

C-section rates vary in low-risk situations

September 11, 2010, 2:09 PM
Browse the low-risk C-section rates at 253 California hospitals. The highest rate is 47 out of 100 low-risk births at Los Angeles Community Hospital and the lowest rate is 7 at St. Helena Hospital Clearlake.  + read more
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