Media Log for Friday, Feb. 21
Media Log is a HASC digital publication that provides a roundup of the latest hospital and health care highlights from regional and national media. News articles are grouped according to HASC’s 2020 Strategic Priorities.
Access to Care
Finding patients where they live: street medicine grows, along with homeless population
L.A. Times, Feb. 16
“The four-person medical team Brett Feldman leads offers care to some of the sickest people in L.A. by meeting them where they live, on the street. The patients don’t have to schedule appointments, find transportation to the clinic, pick up prescriptions or pay for their treatment — barriers that make homeless people much sicker and more likely to die young than others.”
Access to Care / Behavioral Health
Op-Ed: We don’t know enough about Latinos and Alzheimer’s, and that’s a huge problem
L.A. Times, Feb. 19
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that Latinos, the largest ethnic group in the U.S., will experience the biggest increase in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. This is a group at high risk for these disorders.”
Workforce
Citizens Journal (Ventura County), Feb. 19
“Community Memorial Hospital continues to grow and enhance its robotic surgery program with two da Vinci XI robots – the most advanced medical robot in use today – and an increasing list of surgeons trained to use da Vinci robots on more patients than ever before.”
Access to Care / Government Relations
New penalty, extended deadline drive increase in California health insurance sign-ups
Sacramento Bee, Feb. 18
“New numbers released Tuesday show many more Californians signed up for health insurance this year than last year, even as state officials are extending the deadline for people to enroll in coverage. State officials and advocacy groups attribute the jump in new enrollments to new state policies aimed at lowering insurance costs for some Californians and fining others who opt not to buy coverage.”
Access to Care / Government Relations
City seeks more money for Tarzana program that takes homeless from the ER into housing
Los Angeles Daily News, Feb. 18
“A collaboration between Providence hospitals and Tarzana Treatment Centers housed or secured social services for over 200 homeless individuals last year.”
Access to Care / Government Relations
How Newsom wants Medi-Cal to go beyond health care
Politico, Feb. 19
“California’s Medicaid program has long served as a health care safety net, but Gov. Gavin Newsom now wants to steer Medi-Cal beyond traditional doctor visits and hospital procedures by finding housing for homeless people and preparing meals for elderly residents.”
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