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North County Report: Palomar Health Is Making Big Management …

WebTigist Layne is Voice of San Diego's north county reporter. Contact her directly at tigist.layne@voiceofsandiego.org or (619) 800-8453. Follow her More by …

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Palomar Health CEO Promised Big Financial Gains But Fell Short

WebIn June, Voice of San Diego reviewed Palomar Health’s public financial statements and budget reports. We reported that the healthcare district had seen a …

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The Pandemic Paused Efforts to Provide Post-Hospital Care for the …

WebThe Pandemic Paused Efforts to Provide Post-Hospital Care for the Homeless. Charles Paul, 68, said he has been released from multiple local hospitals in …

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Morning Report: Potentially Huge Moves at Palomar Health

WebThe governing board of Palomar Health is considering some drastic changes. The board is considering shifting its management structure in a way that would …

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‘There’s Nowhere to Go’: County Confronts Lack of Long-Term …

WebThe countywide deficit of so-called step-down care and housing options for psychiatric patients being discharged from local hospitals has led to long, expensive …

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A Reader’s Guide to San Diego Hospital Districts

WebBased on financial stability, Grossmont’s the poster child for San Diego hospital districts. La Mesa’s Sharp Grossmont Hospital began a 30-year lease …

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Palomar Health Board Member Sues Palomar Health on First …

WebPalomar Health in Escondido on May 23, 2023. / Photo by Ariana Drehsler. The board director of Palomar Health is suing the health care district after Palomar …

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How San Diego Is Rolling Out CARE Court Voice of San Diego

WebAs of Tuesday, Bergmann said the county had hired about 40 percent of the 55 behavioral health services workers it deemed necessary for CARE Court. Many of …

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The First Year of COVID: Half of San Diego Pandemic Deaths Were

WebVoice of San Diego examined and logged 4,046 death certificates — one for each COVID-related death between March 22, 2020, the date of the first recorded death, …

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New Mandate Could Further Stress San Diego’s Clogged …

WebCounty data obtained by Voice of San Diego reveals the number of days that adult behavioral health patients with Medi-Cal insurance spent waiting in hospital beds …

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San Diego’s Most Polluted Beaches in Three Charts

WebSan Diego’s Most Polluted Beaches in Three Charts. Data we collected shows that while beach water is polluted and fails safety tests more often, the beaches …

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Downtown Homelessness Is ‘Nearing the Crisis Level’

WebA downtown business group’s monthly census of homeless residents documented a 22 percent spike in the population within its 275-block boundaries from …

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Morning Report: Another City Is Considering Ditching Housing First

WebThe Morning Report was written by Lisa Halverstadt and MacKenzie Elmer. It was edited by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña. Vista could become the latest North County city …

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County Under Pressure to Deliver More Behavioral Health Beds

WebCounty Under Pressure to Deliver More Behavioral Health Beds. State reforms and increasingly exasperated political leaders are forcing the county to confront …

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4 Reasons Why Homeless Hospital Patients End Up Back on the …

WebHomeless patients often end up back in emergency rooms for the same reason they went in or with complications tied to their last treatment. Hospitals also often …

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What Proposition 1 Could Mean for San Diego County

WebSupporters argue Proposition 1 will push counties across the state to update and bolster their behavioral health responses to match surging homelessness and …

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Despite Need, Care Facilities for Homeless Patients Are Underutilized

WebNancy Behm, who until recently coordinated People Assisting the Homeless’ Medi-Cal-funded work in San Diego, said the nonprofit’s 14-bed recuperative care …

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Barrio Logan’s Growing Pains Still Aren’t Solved After More Than a

WebBarrio Logan’s Growing Pains Still Aren’t Solved After More Than a Decade of Trying. Many American cities – despite their unique geography and circumstances – …

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Morning Report: SB43 Could Strain San Diego ERs, Treatment …

WebSan Diego County’s behavioral health director is among those locally predicting that SB 43, which is for now set to take effect in January, could fuel a spike in …

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Morning Report: Supes Pitch Vista Behavioral Health Campus

WebCounty supervisors will vote today on whether to initiate talks to buy much of a longtime Vista addiction treatment campus to eventually pursue an untold number of …

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Another City Could Be Ready to Ditch Housing First

Webby Tigist Layne April 16, 2024. In 2016, California adopted Housing First statewide. As a result, California now requires any state‐ funded homeless program to …

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'They're Medically Cleared, Get Them Out': Why Homeless Hospital

WebLaura Chechel, right, checks on a woman laying across the street from Scripps Mercy Hospital’s Hillcrest emergency room on Sept. 1, 2023. The woman initially …

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East Village Residents’ Group Proposals for the Adaptive …

WebProposals for the Adaptive Reuse of the Old Downtown Library. Background In September 2013, the City of San Diego will open a new $184 million dollar central library in the …

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