Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Sacramento Region: Delayed Identification of Some Patients The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), in collaboration with Sacramento County Public Health (SCPH) and neighboring county public health departments, has been investigating an outbreak of foodborne botulism associated with eating nacho cheese sauce served at the Valley Oak Food and Fuel gas station in Walnut Grove, Sacramento County. May 17, 2017 News, Public Health foodborne botulism 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Urges Legislature to Adopt State Budget that Improves Access to Care for Medi-Cal Patients Tobacco tax revenues must be invested as voters legally required, to improve health care access for 14.3 million California patients. May 11, 2017 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal Budget, CMA, Medi-Cal, Prop 56, Tobacco Tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
Call for Nominations for the 2016 J. Elliott Royer Award in Neurology The J. Elliot Royer Award recognizes two psychiatrists or neurologists, one academic and one community, active in the medical field in San Francisco, Alameda or Contra Costa counties who during the year have made the most significant contribution to the advancement of psychiatry or neurology. The award alternates each year between the specialties of Neurology and Psychiatry. May 5, 2017 SFMS Member J. Elliot Royer Award 0 0 Comment Read More »
Call to Action: Urge Legislators to Vote No on AHCA! The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) soon. A bill that, if passed, could result in an estimated 14 million Americans losing their health care coverage in 2018 in addition to a projected cut of more than $800 billion to Medicaid over the next decade! May 3, 2017 Advocacy, Politics and Medicine, Public Health AHCA, Call to action 0 0 Comment Read More »
Feeback Wanted - Community-Based Palliative Care Consensus Standards for California An advisory group of healthcare payors and providers was convened to develop standards that would facilitate the spread and scaling of community-based palliative care. Feedback is currently being sought on the standards. April 25, 2017 Physician Resource CCCC, palliative care 0 0 Comment Read More »
