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<p>You have it all planned out ahead of what may be this weekend's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/health/policy/20whip.html?ref=politic… vote on health reform</a>, right?</p><p>You carefully lined up your uninsured folks, community health advocates, Congressional delegates, doctors, local tea party members and hospital executives: all are on speed dial and waiting for your call over the weekend. Right?</p><p>Well, kudos to those of you who had time to prepare. If you didn't, here are some last-minute resources and ideas that may help you out this weekend:</p>

<p>Even a doctor with dead patients in his past can find startup capital.</p> <p>When Dr. Andrew Rutland was trying to set up shop in the old "Modern Woman's Clinic" building in Chula Vista, he tapped a friend for a loan: Dr. W. Constantine Mitchell.</p> <p>According to records from the California Office of Administrative Hearings, where <a href="../../../../../../../../blogs/california-governor-and-medical-board-should-stand-accused-patient%E2%80%99s-death">Rutland's case</a> before the medical board is currently being heard, Mitchell loaned Rutland $50,000 to help him start his practice.</p>

<p>Valentine's Day should be a national holiday. Until it is, most of us have to work Feb. 14 every year and tango with our valentines at night.</p> <p>Pity poor <a href="http://licenselookup.mbc.ca.gov/licenselookup/lookup.php?LicenseType=A&…. Amanda Waugh</a> then.</p> <p>She couldn't even look forward to a nice dinner and a long conversation about the plays of Tony Kushner over chocolate soufflé, because on Valentine's Day in 2009, she was stuck with the night shift at the La Palma Intercommunity Hospital's emergency room south of Los Angeles.</p>

<p>Sorry, <a href="../../../../../../../../users/jranck">Jody Ranck</a>. I’m giving up on <a href="http://www.netvibes.com/">NetVibes</a&gt; for right now and will stick to my Google and Yahoo readers.</p>

<p><em>This weekend was the second session of the California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship conferences in Los Angeles, and the <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/fellowships">event</a&gt; provided some fascinating and newsy morsels. Here's a round-up of what some of the speakers had to say (Check out more detailed blog items <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/blogs">here</a&gt; as well.).</em></p>

<p>Inspired by the lecture on web tools, I made a <a href="http://delicious.com/rdornhelm/uschealthj">collection of many of the websites that were mentioned over the weekend</a> on Delicious (link written out below).&nbsp; It includes the resources mentioned by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Jody Ranck, a

<p>Cash-only clinics in immigrant communities can be revolving doors. One shady provider gets shoved out, and another steps right in.</p> <p>When Dr. Andrew Rutland was allowed to return to medicine in 2007 after serving five years of probation for Medical Board of California charges related to the deaths of two babies, he was prevented from practicing alone. The Oct. 25, 2007 order by the medical board is clear: "Petitioner is prohibited from engaging in the solo practice of medicine."</p>

<p>As the <a href="http://www.2010.census.gov/">2010 Census</a> gets underway, journalists need a more sophisticated understanding of people over 65 to report on them accurately, says <a href="../../../../../../../../users/stevenpwallace">Steven Wallace</a>, a University of California-Los Angeles public health researcher.</p><p>"There is no 'The Elderly,'" he told California Endowment Health Journalism Fellows at a Los Angeles seminar on Sunday. "The elderly are a complex mixture of individuals. It's important to realize there are different groups and profile the diversity within them."</p>

<div class="articleparagraph">SACRAMENTO — ViewFinder: A Crisis in Caring: California's School Nursing Shortage focuses on the critical shortage of school nurses in Northern California. This documentary airs on KVIE channel 6, Wednesday, March 17, 7 p.m. The program offers insight on how this issue impacts students, teachers, parents, and communities. California lawmakers, health professionals, educators, school nurses, and students with chronic illnesses weigh in on the problem. <br />