Kaiser grants Ventura group $1M to fight obesity
Kaiser Permanente has granted $1 million to a Ventura County health care group to promote healthy eating and active living in the community. Advocates for a Lifestyle of Exercise and Nutrition West Ventura, an alliance of health-focused community groups, is one of six Southern California groups set to receive the grant. The investment is part Read More →
CHW changes name to Dignity Health
Catholic Healthcare West announced today that it is changing its name and governance structure. The San Francisco-based health care system, which owns three Central Coast hospitals — Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo and Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria — is now called Dignity Health. Under the new Read More →
Los Robles expansion nears milestone
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Op/ed: What we can all agree on — Health care is broken
The U.S. Supreme Court soon will hear arguments about the legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as health care reform.
The future of health care: Digital records and remote robots
People don’t have to die because of where they live or because the can’t access their own medical records. That was the theme of the Jan. 18 program of the MIT Central Coast Enterprise Forum. Three area technology companies, InTouch Health, BioIQ and Active Life Scientific presented at the Santa Barbara event. Michael Chan of Read More →
Cottage Hospital 2.0 — $700M rebuild makes public debut
One of the priciest construction projects in the history of Santa Barbara County, the new Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is almost complete.
