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Medical School could lose county funding

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Riverside County might take $1.5 million budgeted for UC Riverside’s medical school and use it on the county-owned hospital in Moreno Valley. The money would be diverted to pay for equipment at Riverside County Regional Medical Center, which has a history of financial problems, according to a report in The …

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Pomona could get trauma center

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Los Angeles County has proposed establishing a trauma center in Pomona. The facility, which would serve that city as well as the eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley, is being planned by the County Department of Health Services, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. If approved …

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Union may strike UC health care facilities

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Members of the union that represents doctors and dentists at University of California health care clinics are scheduled to walk off the job today at several campuses, including UC Riverside. The planned four-day strike by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists is meant to call attention to alleged unfair …

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Local hospital chided by labor board

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The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against a Riverside hospital. The complaint, filed earlier this week, states that administrators at Parkview Community Hospital Center did not recognize and bargain with the hospital’s health care workers, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. In January, the board certified …

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Report: ACA has helped insure more people

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A study released Monday praises the Affordable Care Act for bringing affordable health care to millions of people, but stressed that more can be done to improve overall health care coverage. The report, by Health Access, a California consumer advocacy group that focuses on health care, was released on the …

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Rehab hospital changes name

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Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation is changing its name. The 77-year-old facility in Pomona will now be called Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, a change that officials hope will better reflect all of the services the hospital provides, according to a report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. …

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