Whether it’s a surgery, a routine checkup or an unexpected trip to the emergency room, patients in California trust that their medical providers will meet a safe, professional standard of care. The ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has assigned an Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating to over 200 hospitals in California, revealing how health care facilities perform across key metrics ...

Psychiatric hospitals could close beds under proposed state rules if regulators don’t allow implementation time, facilities warn.

As hospitals across the U.S. continue to feel financial strain from tightened margins, rising costs and workforce shortages, California has emerged as a hot spot, with rural facilities grappling with ...

Hospitals in California may be strategically diverting ambulances to avoid treating low-income patients typically served by public hospitals, suggest the findings of a study cited by the Milwaukee ...

REACHING THEIR BREAKING POINT. A LOT OF TIMES WE MIGHT HAVE PATIENTS HERE WHO ARE ON A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOLD. THE SMALL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT GLENN MEDICAL CENTER IS SHUTTING DOWN IN A WEEK. A LOT ...

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The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that studies patient safety and care, issues Hospital Safety Grade reports twice a year for nearly 3,000 general hospitals in the United States. Grades are ...