March 2024

Key Messages: Health Care at Risk for Millions By California Hospital Association 2024  

A Hospital’s Overflowing Emergency Room, Our Sick Health System By Mark Kreidler February 15, 2024   Last summer, officials at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles made a decision: If they didn’t start yelling for help, their facility was headed for a total shutdown.   In the abstract, the problem seemed

The Ethos of Emergency Medicine Hangs in the Balance by Monica Saxena, MD, JD, Dara Kass, MD, Esther Choo, MD, MPH, and Jennifer A. Newberry, MD, JD, MSc March 8, 2024   The ethos of emergency medicine — any patient, any time, any problem — could be radically changed, considering pending legal challenges that may