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Marc Harrison said the escalation process, which includes daily huddles with all levels of staff, has provided operational clarity, improved safety.
The money will be paid out through multiple gifts to various charitable organizations and system also has dispatched medical personnel to assist those in shelters.
In Part 2 of our series on the hospital mergers, a look at the common problems and advice about how to sidestep them.
Cost-cutting initiatives, however, will help slow the growth of expenses, offering a glimmer of hope for the sector, Moody's says.
Primary care visits to nurse practitioners and physician assistants increased 129 percent from 2012 to 2016, report shows.
For patients referred for an in-person specialty care visit, the median wait time decreased from 50 days before eConsult to 28 days with similar results for high-urgency patients.
Policy asks Liaison Committee on Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to gather data on medical student, resident, fellow suicides.
AG's settlement stipulates that the newly-combined system make significant financial commitments to improving access to care and an historic 7-year cap on price increases.
Anthem was the largest insurer in more metropolitan markets than any other insurer; Health Care Service Corp. was second, followed by UnitedHealth Group.
The CA DOJ set strong conditions for their approval which the agency meant as protection for Medi-Cal beneficiaries and charity care.