Find out about the state of the industry, new technologies, insurance updates and health care facility design trends.
On Feb. 11, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers opened its doors to the community and welcomed patients to brand new medical offices at the 80,000-square-foot Pinnacle Medical Plaza. The $35 million, two-story building is located at 10672 Wexford St. in the 125-acre, master-planned Scripps Northridge Corporate Center at the northeast quadrant of Interstate-15 and Scripps Poway Parkway, San Diego (92131).
Every day throughout the school year, more than 10,000 San Diego preschoolers cross through the doors of the Neighborhood House Association (NHA)'s Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The goal of the Head Start program is to increase school readiness of children from birth to age 5 who live at or below the federal poverty line.
Health care facilities are being shaped by new technology, going green and starting to look a bit more like home.
With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's comprehensive health care reform bill failing to get through the state Legislature, and chances of federal health care reform depending on who wins the White House this fall, the state of health care in California is in flux, according to local officials.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that's likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will open its first in-store medical clinics under its own brand name after leasing space in dozens of stores to outside companies that operate the quick-service health stops.
Last year, 6 million letters bearing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's name and official state seal went out to Californians.
WASHINGTON -- By 2017, consumers and taxpayers will spend more than $4 trillion on health care, accounting for one of every $5 spent, the federal government projects.
The gloves are off in the war on latex.
David Kay, 62, had surfed almost every day of his life until his hip became so stiff and
On Feb. 3, the University of California San Diego Department of Radiology opened a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) center in La Jolla. Called UCSD Imaging Center at La Jolla, the new center is open to the public and offers access to the university's world-renowned radiology faculty.
San Diego County is home to a diverse and growing number of health care and biotech companies. Many of these highly specialized firms have chosen San Diego-based Reno Contracting to build their complex and sizeable headquarters and research facilities. And there are strong reasons for that choice: Reno Contracting has a team of experienced professionals with the expertise to successfully build value into every project.
Comprehensive health care reform is still a vision rather than a reality in California. But the reality is closer than ever before.
In 2007 Stephen O'Kane became the CEO of The Council of Community Clinics (CCC). He arrived just in time to spearhead the organization's recognition of its 30 years of providing a safety net of health care services to San Diego's underserved and uninsured populations.
The realm of the health care industry involves challenges inevitable to Michael Murphy's responsibilities as president and CEO of Sharp HealthCare.
Talking to Palomar Pomerado Health Chief Executive Michael Covert is like talking to a bulldozer. With more anecdotes and information to share in an hour than seems humanly possible, he simply dumps them all out at once in a breathless heap.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that's likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will open its first in-store medical clinics under its own brand name after leasing space in dozens of stores to outside companies that operate the quick-service health stops.
Last year, 6 million letters bearing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's name and official state seal went out to Californians.
WASHINGTON -- By 2017, consumers and taxpayers will spend more than $4 trillion on health care, accounting for one of every $5 spent, the federal government projects.
The gloves are off in the war on latex.
Take an in-depth look at new technology, hospital design and the state of the industry in this special report.
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