MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'california medical'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:35:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676714&cid=t_448306_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fpatient-april-langstraat-benefits-kidney-exchange%2F April Langstraat has been on the kidney transplant waiting list for five years after her organs failed because of polycystic kidney disease. She received a donated kidney recently as part of a five way swap at the California Pacific Medical Center. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676714 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:03:30 +0100 4676714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560278&cid=t_448306_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmission-impossible-getting-a-medical-license-in-california%2F2011.03.07 I first applied for a license to practice medicine in the state of California on July 9, 2008. I was licensed on March 3, 2011 — a whopping 967 days after they first received my application. I haven’t had a problem getting a license in any other state, and I am licensed in six of them. Just to give you a sense of how long it usually takes to process the paperwork for a medical license, Maryland completed mine in under three weeks. So what’s going on in California? Dr. Val’s Experience I think the best way to tell this story is with a timeline, and let the facts speak for themselves. I know this represents just one physician’s experience (namely mine), so results may vary: July 9, 2008 – The Medical Board of California (MBC) received my licensure appl... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560278 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:30:00 +0100 4560278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662607&cid=t_448306_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fmichael-jackson-doctor-dr-conrad-murray-medical-license%2F Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor refused to pull the California medical license of Dr. Conrad Murray, personal physician to Michael Jackson who has been charged with involuntary manslaughter charges in the pop star’s death. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662607 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:42:46 +0100 3662607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3120412&cid=t_448306_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fboston-scientific-again-settles-this.html One would think that the stories about bad behavior by health care organizations would quiet down just before Christmas, but no...As reported by the AP:U.S. attorneys in Boston said Wednesday heart device maker Boston Scientific will pay $22 million to resolve allegations its Guidant division paid kickbacks to doctors to get them to use its heart devices.The U.S. Department of Justice said Guidant paid physicians $1,000 to $1,500 each in 2003 and 2004 to participate in four studies, called RaCE, RaCE II, RaCE III, and MERITS. It said the studies were designed to increase sales of pacemakers and defibrillators.Federal officials said the company targeted doctors who favored products made by other companies, hoping the payments would induce them to use Guidant devices more often. They said Gu... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3120412 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:49:00 +0100 3120412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1160976&cid=t_448306_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fafter-firing-dean-ucsf-stalls-release.html We previously posted about the firing of Dr David Kessler as Dean of the University of California -San Francisco (UCSF) medical school, after he complained about financial irregularities at the school. UCSF top leadership had countered with their own claims that internal reviews and an independent audit of its finances found no serious problems.The San Francisco Chronicle just reported that UCSF is stalling the release of the independent audit.In response Tuesday to a Public Records Act request by The Chronicle, UCSF officials released information from two internal reviews, but declined to release the independent financial review or the name of the firm hired by the university for $165,000 to carry it out.UCSF spokeswoman Corinna Kaarlela said the contract does not allow UCSF to release th... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1160976 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:18:00 +0100 1160976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1100079&cid=t_448306_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fucsf-medical-school-dean-fired-after.html Multiple news reports over the weekend recounted the firing of the Dean of the University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) medical school, Dr David Kessler, after he claimed he tried to identify and rectify financial irregularities at the school. First, here are the main points from the San Francisco Chronicle:Dr. David Kessler, the onetime commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration who became dean of the UCSF School of Medicine in 2003, was fired Thursday night after years of discord over finances at the prestigious medical school.Kessler's boss, campus Chancellor Michael Bishop, announced the dean's departure Friday morning in an internal e-mail to faculty members but did not disclose the reason.Hours later, Kessler told The Chronicle that he had been labeled a 'whistle-blower'... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1100079 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:24:00 +0100 1100079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=674822&cid=t_448306_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F6%2F13%2F911-my-wife-is-dyingplease-send-help-to-the-er.html Photo by Mark Boster, LA TimesThis story, from the Los Angeles Times,  is so outrageous I have to take a few deep breaths before I tell it. Edith Rodriguez died in the ER…not on a gurney surrounded by doctors and nurses desperately trying to save her life. She died on the floor of the lobby, lying in her own blood as a janitor mopped up around her.Jose Prado, her partner, tried to get the attention of Los Angeles’ King-Harbor ER staff, but he was ignored even though Edith was writhing in pain and spitting up blood as she lay on the floor. He called 911 from a pay phone only to be told “Paramedics are not going to pick…his wife up, from a hospital, because she’s already at one.”An unidentified woman, perhaps another patient, jumped in to help.... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=674822 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:35:29 +0100 674822