SCCMA Welcomes New Deputy Director, Erin Henke The Santa Clara County Medical Association (SCCMA) is pleased to welcome Deputy Director, Erin Henke. With over 20 years of experience working in health care, Erin has a strong and impressive background having previously worked for the American Medical Association, San Francisco Marin Medical Society, and most recently with the California Medical Association’s physician wellness program. In addition, she worked at Hospice by the Bay, the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California as POLST Program Director, and VSP Vision Care. As a member of SCCMA’s executive leadership, Erin will ... January 28, 2021 General Leadership, SCCMA, Staff 0 0 Comment Read More »
75 years of age and older now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination Vaccines Now Available for Santa Clara County Residents 75 Years and Older SCCFREEVAC.ORG Beginning January 13, 2021, the Santa Clara County Health and Hospital System will be offering COVID-19 vaccinations to Santa Clara County residents who are 75 years of age or older. Any local resident in this age group who is not a regular patient of Kaiser, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, or Stanford Healthcare can now schedule an appointment through one of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s (SCVMC’s) vaccination clinic sites by visiting www.sccfreevax.org and clicking on the “schedule a ... January 13, 2021 COVID19, General, Healthcare, Patient Care, Public Health covid19, vaccine 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physicians Foundation 2018 Survey Results The Physicians Foundation has released the findings of its 2018 survey of U.S. physicians that examines a wide variety of factors impacting practice patterns, career plans and physician burnout. With physicians in offices, emergency rooms, urgent cares, retail and other settings having an estimated one billion patient encounters a year, the survey underscores the overall impact of excessive regulatory/insurer requirements, loss of clinical autonomy and challenges with electronic health record (EHR) design/interoperability on physician attitudes toward their medical practice environment and overall dissatisfaction and burnout. Keep Reading October 5, 2018 General 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medical staff prevails in legal battle over medical staff self-governance By Tina Tedesco Tulare, California is a small town in the Central Valley best known as the milk producing capital of America. More than half of its 60,000 residents are enrolled in Medi-Cal and served by a small, 108-bed health care district hospital – Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) – with a separate medical staff of about 175 physicians. Two years ago, this small agricultural community became ground zero in a high-profile battle testing the legal scope of a hospital medical staff’s independence and right to be self-governing. Fundamentally, the question ... September 12, 2018 Advocacy, General 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medical staff prevails in legal battle over medical staff self-governance A settlement has officially been reached in the case of the Tulare hospital embroiled in a bitter legal battle over the self-governance rights of its medical staff. The case stems from actions taken in 2016, when hospital administrators at Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) terminated the entire medical staff and its duly elected officers. The hospital then adopted new medical staff bylaws in secret and without input from physicians at the hospital. The hospital dictated leadership and standards of medical care, seized control of the disciplinary process without legal or ... July 25, 2018 General 0 0 Comment Read More »
