About Clinical Care
California’s hospitals are dedicated to providing high-quality, safe, and person-centered health care. This wouldn’t be possible without the clinical services hospitals provide, which include emergency care, surgery, X-ray/radiology, laboratory services, and behavioral health care. The care that hospitals provide is shaped by their communities’ needs.
How Prevention Protocols in Health Care Settings Have Changed Since COVID-19
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine were called to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention protocols in health care settings.
HQI and AQIPS Will Host 2024 Patient Safety Evaluation System Virtual Summit
What’s happening: Hospital Quality Institute and the Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety will host the Patient Safety Evaluation System 2024 Virtual Summit on May 21-22 from 8 a.m. to noon (PT).
What else to know: The summit will provide information on how to improve communication internally and with patients and strengthen patient care delivery. Registration is open.
Stem Cells Offer Veterans a New Lease on Life
Thanks to the use of stem cells, 68-year-old army veteran John Gilmore pushed his mantle cell lymphoma into complete remission within just one year.
Provisions of Prescription Error Legislation to Take Effect
What’s happening: Certain provisions in Assembly Bill (AB) 1286 (Haney, D-San Francisco) become effective Jan. 1, 2024. The California State Board of Pharmacy encourages licensees to immediately take steps for compliance.
What else to know: The new law establishes a requirement for the reporting of medication errors that occur in the outpatient setting to an entity that will be approved by the board. The Enforcement and Compounding Committee (ECC) will begin its evaluation of entities in the coming months.
Determined Septuagenarian Bodybuilder Gets a New Spine
Former patrol cop Diane Robinson is pursuing her dream of competing in a bodybuilding event following spine surgery.
Gene Therapy Sets Baby on a Remarkable Path to a Normal Childhood
Outwardly, Greigh seemed to be a healthy baby. But internally, he carried the gene of a catastrophic muscle disease.
FDA to Host Webinar on Proposed Rule for Laboratory Developed Tests
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a webinar at 10 a.m. (PT) on Oct. 31 to discuss its proposed rule for laboratory developed tests (LDTs).
California Dispensers Must Use New Reporting Format Starting Aug. 1
Starting Aug. 1, 2024, all California dispensers of controlled substances will be required to report dispensations to the controlled substance utilization review and evaluation system (CURES) using version 4.2B of the American Society of Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) format. On and after this date, data submitted using the current CURES ASAP version 4.1 format will no longer be accepted.
Drug Enforcement Administration Extends Telemedicine Rules Through End of 2024
The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has extended its COVID-19 pandemic rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine through Dec. 31, 2024. The regulation is effective Nov. 11.
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Laboratory Developed Tests
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a proposed rule on the regulation of laboratory developed tests (LDTs). Comments on the proposed rule are due Dec. 4.