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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, July 3rd, 2020 / Editorials, Latest news, Opinion / Comments Off on Our view: Celebrate Fourth of July by staying safe at home
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, May 1st, 2020 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news / Comments Off on Tri-county health care providers have enough PPE for now
Levels of personal protective equipment for tri-county medical providers are holding steady as all three counties are facing manageable levels of COVID-19 spread, public health officials said. None of the three counties have had to dip into their surge planning, and hospitals have started reaching out to their local communities to let them know that Read More →
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By Chris Officer / Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news / Comments Off on Tri-county hospital leaders give prognosis on COVID-19 impacts
For insight on how COVID-19 has impacted tri-county health care, the Business Times reached out to some of the region’s leading medical professionals. In this edition of the Business Times Roundtable, our health care panelists include Dr. Kurt Ransohoff, CEO and chief medical officer for Santa Barbara-based Sansum Clinic; Ron Werft, president and CEO of Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Medical providers use telehealth to reduce COVID-19 exposure
Telehealth has been around for years, but the coronavirus pandemic has given a jolt to utilization rates by tri-county health care providers. Large hospitals, physician networks like Sansum Clinic and managed care providers are all turning to it as an alternative to face-to-face meetings. It’s a low-cost way to screen patients, reduce personal protection equipment Read More →
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By Tony Biasotti / Friday, March 27th, 2020 / Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Tri-county hospital rebuilds make room for beds
The tri-county region, like the rest of California, is likely to face shortages of hospital beds and other medical resources during the coronavirus pandemic, but the bed shortage could be made less severe by the region’s recent hospital building boom. Until the pandemic, parts of the region had an oversupply of potential hospital beds — Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, March 27th, 2020 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news / Comments Off on Race on for medical supplies and overflow sites
To prepare for what tri-county public health officials expect to be an overwhelming number of coronavirus cases, counties, hospitals and health care systems have been making plans and gathering all of the supplies they can get their hands on while they can. The counties have been trying to coordinate care for the hospital systems as Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, March 13th, 2020 / Latest news, Nonprofits, Real Estate, Small Business / Comments Off on Good Works: Procore, United Way use competitions to teach students
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