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Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

And the Winner Is...

See how human-centered designers answered our challenge to encourage more people to complete advance directives and document their end-of-life wishes.

Ready or Not

Even with new federal resources to help, a study finds that communities with weaker safety-net systems are lagging in preparations for health reform.

Patient Safety

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Study: Older Prisoners Don't Get Adequate Medical Care

U.S. prison medical facilities are not equipped to handle the growing number of older prisoners, according to a new UC-San Francisco study. Between 2000 and 2009, the number of prisoners over age 55 increased by 80%. The study's authors recommended better training of prison and medical staff, increased dementia screening and better eligibility criteria for early prison release based on medical needs.



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