The findings provide some of the first evidence suggesting that using a web-based platform could improve access to specialists for underserved patients in any health system with significant constraints on specialty supply and access. In the Department of Health Services, primary care providers often had enormous difficulty getting timely specialty care for their low-income patients, ” said lead author Michael Barnett , assistant professor of health policy and management at Harvard Chan School.
Category: Los Angeles County, CA
Homeless people dont just need housing – they need services to get…
… as varied as the reasons they tumbled into homelessness. Someone suffering from psychosis or depression needs mental health care. Someone with a drug addiction needs substance abuse treatment. Someone who’s been laid off and can’t pay the rent needs …
Cockroaches, sewage discharge close these 4 San Gabriel Valley restaurants
Between Jan. 22 and Jan. 28, those facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach infestations and sewage issues, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. Restaurants and markets whose permits are suspended must close until another inspection determines the problems have been fixed.
Cockroaches, rodent droppings, broken sewer pipe closed these LA restaurants
Between Jan. 22 and Jan. 28, those facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach and rodent infestations and a broken sewer pipe, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. Restaurants and markets whose permits are suspended must close until another inspection determines the problems have been fixed.
Decades-old slaying of Righteous Brothers singer’s ex solved
Los Angeles County authorities say they’ve solved the 1976 rape and killing of the ex-wife of Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley. The Sheriff’s Department said Friday that investigators have identified a suspect in the death of Karen Klass by using DNA from a relative of the suspect.
Cockroaches shut down San Fernando Valley restaurants, market
Two restaurants and a bargain market in the San Fernando Valley were temporarily closed last week due to major public health hazards. Between Jan. 15 and Jan. 21, those facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach infestations, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department.
First child death from flu reported this season in California as cases rise sharply
… Angeles. “If it keeps going up at this rate and stays up then we will see a lot more cases this year.” State public health officials Friday morning reported the first death of a child in this year’s flu season. The death was in Riverside County. …
LA Orthodox Jewish community hit by measles outbreak
… None of them could provide proof of vaccination, according to a spokesperson for the LA County Department of Public Health. In late December Rabbi Hershy Z. Ten, president of Bikur Cholim in Los Angeles, was informed of the outbreak by the medical …
Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Reported in Venice
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health today was investigating reports of multiple cases of antibiotic-resistant infections in Venice. The action comes as a community group known as the Venice Stakeholders Association , long critical of the area’s homeless situation, announced that six cases of “apparent MRSA” have been reported.
Lemmy Kilmister’s Death: One Year Later
… months to live. Unfortunately, the end came far, far more quickly. The Los Angeles county Department of Public Health’s death certificate for Kilmister later confirmed that he also suffered from cardiac arrhythmia and congestive heart failure. His …
Lakewood man, 86, goes missing while walking dog
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department detectives are looking for a missing 86-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease who was last seen walking his dog in Lakewood Friday morning. Edgar “Ed” Vernon Mayfield left his home in the 4000 block of Ocana Avenue around 10:30 a.m. with his 3-year-old white, tan and black Beagle, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.