Patient Safety and Ethics

River Ranch resident Jose Segura at the farmworker center in April. Segura, who does not have health insurance, makes too much m

Voices from the Vineyard: Cost complicates access to health care for Napa Valley's farmworkers

This story is part of a larger project series, "Voices from the Vineyard," led by Sarah Klearman, a 2020 Impact Fellow. She is reporting on how the twin crises of the pandemic and the wildfires have impacted the health of the valley’s farmworkers and their families....

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics
Rodolfo Reyes receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a distribution clinic specifically for farmworkers.

How growers had to sidestep county and state programs to vaccinate farmworkers

As harvest season approached, growers begged county officials to vaccinate their workers. But the state and counties didn’t prioritize vaccine doses for farmworkers in February. So the growers and doctors stepped in and set up their own clinics.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics
Gente hace fila afuera del Centro Médico Adventist Health Ukiah Valley para conseguir una vacuna de Moderna COVID-19 durante una

What lessons can Mendocino learn from the pandemic? We’re launching a health series with help from USC Annenberg Center for Public Health

The Mendocino Voice has been awarded a grant as part of the USC Annenberg’s Center for Health Journalism 2021 California Fellowship, which will allow us to expand our coverage of health issues here in Mendocino County over the next several months, focused on feedback from our community.

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics
Clinicians care for Covid-19 patients in a makeshift ICU at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on January 21, 2021 in Torrance, Californ

In scramble to respond to Covid-19, hospitals turned to models with high risk of bias

Of 26 health systems surveyed by MedCity News, nearly half used automated tools to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, but none of them were regulated. Even as some hospitals continued using these algorithms, experts cautioned against their use in high-stakes decisions.

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics
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Online platforms offer scores of stories about poor maternity care

A reporter explains how she found women willing to speak out about substandard maternity care in south Texas by posting messages on Facebook.

Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics